Because Quote by Edward P. Jones

In my family, telling stories is just a way of life.

— Helen Oyeyemi

Usually, I have a lot of acquaintance with the story before I start writing it. When I didn't have regular time to give to…

— Alice Munro

Stories in families are colossally important. Every family has stories: some funny, some proud, some embarrassing, some shameful. Knowing them is proof of belonging…

— Salman Rushdie

With family dramas, it's hard to keep those stories alive.

— Emily VanCamp

Family dramas are tough, as a playwright. Most stories are about characters going on a trip or a new character coming to town, because…

— Branden Jacobs-Jenkins

Writing stories, adopting other characters, making up fantastic stories and tales, this is a way of perhaps enhancing who I am. Writing stories takes…

— David Small

I'm attracted to stories that deal with the family and what it's like to be a member of that family, whether it's together or…

— Stanley R. Jaffe

I use everything. Turning life into stories is how I make sense of my experience. No matter how weird or disturbing or upsetting to…

— Grant Morrison

I think we're always in the process of writing and rewriting the story of our lives, forming our experiences into a narrative that makes…

— Sam Keen

There was Uncle Ken of mine about whom I wrote a lot of stories. I can always write stories about uncles and aunts and…

— Ruskin Bond

I think that's actually what draws me to family stories: the various roles we each play with each member of our families, and how…

— Christopher Castellani

I found that people want stories that are not too dissimilar from theirs. People want to be reminded that, let's say, struggle in your…

— Milo Ventimiglia