Approach Quote by Jeannette Walls

“In my opinion, trying to guess what readers want is the wrong approach. You have to tell your story as best you can and…

— Jeannette Walls (Author

I think you tell the story that has to be told. You tell the story that's the truth. You tell the story that readers…

— Andrew Ross Sorkin

I think you have to pick and choose what is most important to tell the story.

— Patrick Wilson

What the readers want is a good story, and what the writers always want to luck into, it's a good story.

— Stephen Graham Jones

“If you’re honest with yourself as a writer, trying to tell the best story you can, your story will be an honest one. And…

— Joe Clifford Faust

The material dictates the approach. I tell the stories in the way that feels natural to tell them. Certainly the last thing I want…

— Steve Erickson

You have to tell a good story first. If it's a good story, people will be interested. It doesn't matter about the content.

— Judge Reinhold

Believe in the reader and they can connect the dots, if you succeed breathe life into the story

— Esther Freud

All stories should have some honesty and truth in them, otherwise you're just playing about.

— Nigel Kneale

I completely hold on to the idea that people are eager if not desperate to be told a good story.

— Peter Hedges

I think, as writers, our first responsibility is to writing an honest story. Tell the story you want to tell, without pulling your punches.

— Lynn Coady

Have a strong vision about the story you want to tell and how you want to tell it.

— Robert Redford