Character Quote by Jesmyn Ward

“Is any story not always the narrator's story, in the end?”

— Lee Smith

“Henry flopped onto his bed, and his steam leaked slowly out. He began telling himself a story in his head. It was about how…

— N.D. Wilson

I’m beginning to know myself. I don’t exist. I’m the space between what I’d like to be and what others made of me. Just…

— Fernando Pessoa

Let ease and rest at times be given to the weary.

— Seneca the Younger

Telling a one-sided story doesn't allow for others to have self-love.

— Ilyasah Shabazz

“Knowing the story doesn't make it any better. We get what we're given, nothing more, nothing less.”

— Marjorie Celona

A story doesn't live until it is imagined in someone's mind.

— Brandon Sanderson

I used to have trust with reporters. Give them scoops. Those were the old days. It's very strange, when you give a story and…

— Joe Arpaio

Having a story is what people connect with, but the story alone doesn't allow you to achieve greatness and results. It's the day-to-day consistency…

— Lewis Howes

A well-thought-out story doesn’t need to resemble real life. Life itself tries with all its might to resemble a well-crafted story.

— Isaac Babel

“If you don't turn your life into a story, you just become a part of someone else's story." "And what if your story doesn't…

— Terry Pratchett

Bullingdon would never go co-ed. I'm not going to give anything away, but there are a couple of girls involved in our story and…

— Max Irons

If a story doesn't give you a hard-on in the first couple of scenes, throw it in the goddamned garbage.

— Samuel Fuller

“So if your Story doesn’t change your lead character irrevocably from beginning to end, no one will deeply care about it. It may entertain…

— Shawn Coyne

If you do weave one-liners into a story, you have to have an overall story as well, otherwise it doesn't really count as narrative.

— Tim Vine