Truth Quote by Dodie Smith

“Story always tells us more than the mere words, and that is why we love to write it, and to read it.”

— Madeleine L'Engle

“When I write an story, I start with one true thing – a memory, an image, a sensation – then I try to say…

— David Surface

“I don't sit here and make these stories up. They are delivered to me, over time, by some relentless and shadowy demand. Trust me,…

— Julian Lorr

“How many pages will it take to tell your story?”

— Ashly Lorenzana

“Even the greatest stories can be summed up in a few paragraphs. What makes them so much longer, is all the time spent editing.”

— Jason Mallory

...With stories even a page can take me hours, but the truth seems to flow out as fast as I can get it down.

— Dodie Smith

“There is no form to this story because it is true, or at least as close to true as I have been able to…

— Kevin Brockmeier

“It is astonishing how few stories have been told perfectly.”

— Mark Van Doren

“I was seeing what a writer can do with the tatters of truth, the unfinished stories that give us no rest. ”

— Patricia O'Brien

“The definition of a good story is one that remains with you long after you've turned that last page.”

— T.A. Uner

“a truth does not take too long to tell, only a fiction requires so much thought”

— Tami Hoag

“Don’t you think one can tell the truth much better with a story?”

— Diane Setterfield