Books Quote by Eddie Jones

I wanted to hold onto and exploit the power of narrative. This is not only a book about a great storyteller, but there have…

— Stephen Greenblatt

“A good story defies the reader's expectations, and in doing so, brings them satisfaction.”

— Thomas Maltman

What the readers want is a good story, and what the writers always want to luck into, it's a good story.

— Stephen Graham Jones

A story communicates fear, hope, and anxiety, and because we can feel it, we get the moral not just as a concept, but as…

— Marshall Ganz

“the starting place for any powerful story must be the author himself. If a story doesn’t resonate first and foremost with you, why believe…

— K.M. Weiland

Narratives have the same power, I think. Some readers of my novels ask me, "Why do you understand me?". That's a huge pleasure of…

— Haruki Murakami

“A successful story always offers its audience more than a simple resolution of events. A story offers a dramatic affirmation of human needs that…

— Bill Johnson

“The most exciting part of writing a novel is when the characters take control of the story”

— Brandt Legg

The power that you have as a storyteller is to be able to tell stories that are at once entertaining but also never lose…

— Cheo Hodari Coker

A novel should tell a story, be a pleasure to read, and at the same time it should be thought-provoking, even a bit instructive.

— Olga Tokarczuk

When we're about telling the best possible story, making the best possible book - we're thinking about the reader, rather than about our egos.…

— Sally Lloyd-Jones

The story drove the book. That had a very seminal effect on the way I saw writing and storytelling. If you can set a…

— Dick Wolf