Literary criticism Quote by Janet Malcolm

Stories are one thing that will be constant in life. Whether told, written, reenacted they are a fundamental part of human nature.

— Jessica Shirvington

Just because life is hard, and always ends in a bad way, doesn't mean that all stories have to, even if that's what they…

— James Patterson

“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

“All good storytellers are of necessity good writers - even if they may be poorly edited ones. Unfortunately, not all good writers are good…

— Nupur Tustin

What a story is, is devious. It pretends transparency, forthrightness. It engages with ordinary people, ordinary matters, recognizable stuff. But this is all a…

— Joy Williams

“Stories are bulls. Writers come of age full of vigor, and they feel the need to drive the old stories from the herd. One…

— Jess Walter

“Stories are vehicles for conveying who we are, what is important, and what ought to be done..”

— David Vermette

I think a story is an attention grabber. I think it's a truth conveyor. Those are two great features of a good story.

— Max Lucado

Stories are attempts to share our values and beliefs. Storytelling is worthwhile when it tells what we stand for.

— Simon Sinek

“Narrative is an open-ended invitation to ethical and poetical responsiveness. Storytelling invites us to become not just agents of our own lives, but narrators…

— Richard Kearney

“The best stories proceed from a mysterious truth-seeking impulse that narrative has when revised extensively; they are complex and baffling and ambiguous; they tend…

— George Saunders

Stories in themselves are not automatically good; it has to be the right kind of story told by the right kind of person.

— Douglas Wilson