Books Quote by Douglas Wood

Writers tell stories better, because they've had more practice, but everyone has a book in them. Yes, that old cliche.

— Tanith Lee

I seem to know all the cliches, but not how to put them together in a believable way. Or else these stories are terrible…

— Umberto Eco

I know what you want. You want a story that won't surprise you. That will confirm what you already know. That won't make you…

— Yann Martel

The trouble with telling a good story is that it invariably reminds the other fellow of a dull one.

— Sid Caesar

Good stories flow like honey. Bad stories stick in the craw. A bad story? One that cannot be absorbed on the first time of…

— Arthur Christiansen

It's easier to come up with new stories than it is to finish the ones you already have. I think every author would feel…

— Stephenie Meyer

Personally, I like narrating stories that revolve around something new. I'd find it very boring otherwise.

— Sudha Kongara

The older I get, the more I seek to use a plain prose style, concentrating more on story.

— John Scott

I'm always looking for a fresh perspective because it's fun to tell stories that are original and new in some way.

— Jack Black

Sometimes an old idea gets relegated to the back of the line in the mad delight of a new idea, one you've never had…

— Neil Gaiman

There's only so many ways to tell a story before the story gets boring.

— Raheem DeVaughn

Every good story needs a complication. We learn this fiction-writing fundamental in courses and workshops, by reading a lot or, most painfully, through our…

— Monica Wood