Should Quote by Emma Donoghue

These are the kinds of stories I'm really interested in telling: bad stories about bad people, I'm comfortable with.

— Brian Azzarello

Never tell a story because it is true: tell it because it is a good story.

— Anonymous

“If you told me my own story about someone else, I would have assured you that this person was completely unhinged. Or a child.…

— Claire Messud

I like a good story well told. That is the reason I am sometimes forced to tell them myself.

— Mark Twain

I'm sorry to burden you,' she said. She felt like a crybaby. 'What can we do with our stories,' he said, 'but tell them?

— Sena Jeter Naslund

If it's not your story to tell, you don't tell it.

— Iyanla Vanzant

If you really want to tell stories, do it and don't be dissuaded.

— William Joyce

“Why do I have to tell a story?” I asked. “Because if you don’t tell the story, someone else will tell it for you.”

— Jennifer Lynn Barnes

“No one has told your story. Only you can do that, so don't be afraid to tell it.”

— Stephen A. Fender

My advice for telling someone else's story is to try not to consciously bend the story in any particular direction - to listen with…

— Michael Finkel

“The worst stories usually make you think: 'but nobody had to die'. These are called true stories.”

— Moonshine Noire

“There are some stories that don’t want telling,” Gian said. “Some stories you tell, they make things worse. Not better.”

— Kameron Hurley