Finding oneself Quote by Harriet Lerner

Stories happen only to those who are able to tell them, someone once said. In the same way, perhaps, experiences present themselves only to…

— Paul Auster

I like to tell stories in my writing but I definitely use my own life experiences to tell that story.

— Snoh Aalegra

“We all have our own stories. The story you tell about yourself, even if you only tell it to yourself, drives your actions and…

— Mani S. Sivasubramanian

Personal stories are the emotional glue that connects your audience to your message.

— Nancy Duarte

I'm planning on how I want to tell my own story. I feel like my situation and my experiences are unique in some ways.

— Jason Rezaian

Of course, all writers draw upon their personal experiences in describing day-to-day life and human relationships, but I tend to keep my own experiences…

— Jeffery Deaver

“Everyone tells a story about who they are in their own head. That story defines you, dictating all your actions and all your mistakes.…

— Mia Sheridan

Stories develop from things I read and also from my own experiences and experiences of people I know.

— William Sleator

The stories we tell ourselves about ourselves determine the quality of the selves we imagine we are. The stories we tell about others determine…

— Rami M. Shapiro

Every story you tell is your own story.

— Joseph Campbell

In a sense who you are has always been a story that you told to yourself. Now your self is a story that you…

— Geoff Ryman

I'm unable to think of a story as a personal story, I always have to think of a collectiveness, of someone who is living…

— Alice Rohrwacher