Able Quote by Dorothea Brande

Stories are one thing that will be constant in life. Whether told, written, reenacted they are a fundamental part of human nature.

— Jessica Shirvington

I want my stories to be something about life that causes people to say, not, oh, isn't that the truth, but to feel some…

— Alice Munro

Every story I create, creates me. I write to create myself. Every story I write adds to me a little, changes me a little,…

— Octavia Butler

Telling a story is the way of exploring so many different things - human behavior, society, whatever existence.

— Yorgos Lanthimos

Writing a story or a novel is one way of discovering sequence in experience, of stumbling upon cause and effect in the happenings of…

— Eudora Welty

I like to write about stories and life experiences of me, the people around us, and just the things I see on the telly…

— Sam Fender

Writers are there to write, not experience things. If you want to experience things, become a pirate or a Bookhunter. If you want to…

— Walter Moers

Iam the writer of my life and its up to me to make my story interesting

— Chwayita Betshe

So much of what I write in fiction is based on true stories.

— Mark Kurlansky

Every story I write adds to me a little, changes me a little, forces me to reexamine an attitude or belief, causes me to…

— Octavia E. Butler

Stories are not like the real world; they aren't held back by what we know is false or true. What's important is how a…

— Tahir Shah

The best advice is not to write what you know, it’s to write what you like. Write the kind of story you like best—write…

— Austin Kleon