Books Quote by James Scott Bell

“Stories are only as good as the perspective they are heard from. Listen with an open mind, and the world will unfold before you.”

— J B Jensen

“The definition of a good story is one that remains with you long after you've turned that last page.”

— T.A. Uner

“Good stories are living texts, and when policies, laws, and social fads change, a good story remains evidence of not only what once was,…

— Nevien Shaabneh

“It's a story you can break down and analyze and find analogies and lessons in it, and then it becomes a story about life.…

— Noam Shpancer

“Audiences love both the feeling part (reliving the life) and the thinking part (figuring out the puzzle) of a story. Every good story has…

— John Truby

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

— Thomas Maltman

“Stories give you a way to see things. A way to understand the events of your life. Even if you don't realize it while…

— Matthew Kirby

“Maybe story is just for the assembling of things -- history, imagination, fact -- without which . . . our lives will dissipate, losing meaning and coherence.”

— Katharine Haake

“Good content isn’t about good storytelling. It’s about telling a true story well.”

— Ann Handley MarketingProfs

“But it’s hard to say where experience ends and imagination begins. The story is by no means a true story. But the feelings in…

— Arundhati Roy

“The story world isn't a copy of life as it is. It's life as human beings imagine it could be. It is human life…

— John Truby

“What does literature do better than anything else? It provides a detailed representation of the inner experience of being alive in a given time…

— Elif Batuman