Fiction Quote by Jesmyn Ward

Often the most specific stories end up being the most universal.

— Measha Brueggergosman

Every story we remember is a novel. Novels make things more universal.

— Dave Eggers

So much of what I write in fiction is based on true stories.

— Mark Kurlansky

The more personal you get, the more universal a story you end up telling.

— Francesca Gregorini

I like to think that one of things I've done with non-fiction since the very beginning is to find new ways of telling true…

— Errol Morris

The magic of fiction seems to be the more specific you are, the more universal you end up becoming.

— Shyam Selvadurai

The best stories are universal stories that have been told for as long as humanity has existed it's just figuring out new ways to…

— James Frey

For me, story and theme are universal.

— Bear McCreary

It's so easy to call something a Jewish story or a gay story or a woman's story. Aesthetically, if a story is not universal,…

— Nathan Englander

I write contemporary fiction, and that is what my readers want to read.

— Alex Flinn

I insist that through specificity, honesty, and diversity, who gets to hold the storytelling stick, you can have really universal stories that everyone can…

— Greta Lee

I always knew I wanted to write really imaginative fiction - fiction that was very different from my real life.

— Danielle Trussoni