Natural environment Quote by Diane Setterfield

But silence is not a natural environment for stories. They need words. Without them they grown pale, sicken and die. And then they haunt…

— Diane Setterfield

“This was killing her. She had to break the silence. This was not natural. It was too awful. People were meant to talk.”

— Julia Quinn

Do you think a woman's silence can be natural?

— George Farquhar

“I see,” she said softly, nodding her head as though she really did. “Well, it’s your business, of course.” She turned her hand in…

— Diane Setterfield

I really am a believer that 99.99% of all the stories we need, not only as artists but as human beings, not only as…

— Junot Diaz

We [people] are a species that's wired to tell stories. We need stories. It's how we make sense of things. It's how we learn.

— Steven Soderbergh

My life has been wild enough to derive all of the stories you need out of it. I've been through many, many years of…

— Ron White

You need contrast and conflict in order to tell a story. Stories need to have dark and light, turmoil, all those things. But that…

— David Lynch

“Our stories need to be told, and there is richness in our diversity because we are not monolithic; rather, it is the beauty of…

— Dr Tererai Trent

“Have I heard all the stories I need to hear?" she asked, stupidly. But he answered as if it were a good question. "No,…

— Katherine Catmull

Certain stories need the resources of a studio. If you're telling a story about a giant robot war in outer space, you're going to…

— Leigh Whannell

As far as I know, he never asked where she had been or why she had left and she never told. I guess some…

— Khaled Hosseini