Become Quote by Dorothy Allison

Well, language seems to be something that obsesses me. I'm always writing about it.

— Lisel Mueller

I've heard some writers say that they are obsessed with certain ideas and that they find themselves writing around the same obsession again and…

— Jesmyn Ward

Your brain forms a story and, if you're lucky, there's a line where the story takes over the brain. You don't even know what…

— Nathan Englander

We live in story like a fish lives in water. We swim through words and images siphoning story through our minds the way a…

— Christina Baldwin

“Listening to Ella furiously and endlessly unfurl the yarns of the Mingus tales, I understood that the need to tell stories is deeply embedded…

— Aleksandar Hemon

I do get obsessed with constantly thinking of ideas, all day long, but that's just how it is.

— Johnny Knoxville

Most of my story ideas come from my childhood. Sometimes they hatch from stories my parents told me, sometimes they come from experiences in…

— Kimberly Willis Holt

The way we as a world consume stories - and sometimes people - is a phenomenon that we're seeing much more of now.

— Brian McGinn

Obsession led me to write. It's been that way with every book I've ever written. I become completely consumed by a theme, by characters,…

— Anne Rice

It just seduces you when you read a story and your brain relates to it. You recognize or connect with it. You identify with…

— Danny Boyle

Our subconscious works in metaphors, stories, and word play. That's why a particular story or movie may mean more to some people than to…

— Kristine Kathryn Rusch

“To have the beginning of a truly great story, you need to have a character you're completely and utterly obsessed with. Without obsession, to…

— Jennifer Salaiz