Character Quote by Jennifer Beals

I suppose the other thing too many forget is that we were all stories once, each and every one of us. And we remain…

— Charles de Lint

Narrative is a very feeble weapon in the face of human darkness and yet it's all we have. That we have to hang the…

— Chris Abani

Writers have a rare power not given to anyone else: we can bore people long after we are dead.

— Sinclair Lewis

There is no way that writers can be tamed and rendered civilized. Or even cured.

— Robert A. Heinlein

But what we can never do is change the story that has made us what we are. It's a story completely dictated by the…

— Douglas Kennedy

I think even the characters that are fundamentally evil and wrong, I want people to really love them. I think that's important to writing…

— Mark Russell

People should be cautious how they treat writers, lest their faults become immortalized for the world to see. - D.

— D Michael Hardy

We are all the main characters in our stories, so why not write the ending of how it should be ourselves...

— Anonymous

My characters - no, make that most characters - are seeking the shelter of narrative resolution, a place of quiet and grace.

— David Means

I think all writers are a bit crazy; Damaged souls, incapable of doing anything else.

— Paul Auster

For our stories are not yet finished, and perhaps will never be.

— Piers Anthony

It's hard to tell what people will do with the word and how they'll be circulating it but I think the storytellers and the…

— Edwidge Danticat