Books Quote by Hillel F. Damron

“It is a still stranger thing that there is nothing so delightful in the world as telling stories. It is far pleasanter than writing…

— Virginia Woolf

Literature is about telling stories.

— Amos Oz

If it's a good story, it's a good story, and it draws readers in.

— H. W. Brands

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

— Thomas Maltman

“Story always tells us more than the mere words, and that is why we love to write it, and to read it.”

— Madeleine L'Engle

“He admired writers whose own stories were as interesting as the ones they wrote.”

— Adam Langer

“Make it interesting and it will be true: this is what story writers live by.”

— Heidi Pitlor

“We read literature for a number of reasons, but two of the most compelling ones are to get out of ourselves and our own…

— Maureen Corrigan

“That is not necessarily bad … but it is limiting. The glory of a good tale is that it is limitless and fluid; a good tale…

— Stephen King

“A great book does not have to be a literary masterpiece with complicated sentences and words no one has heard of. It has to…

— Amanda Mackey

“good storytelling is good because the characters — not the author — are in charge.”

— Sean Platt

We read novels. We read hundreds of pages of words, when the story is good because we're willing to stay there. I hope the…

— Veena Sud