I think Quote by John Lee Hancock

I think that's a hallmark of a really good story that it has readers that it speaks to more than others.

— Erin Morgenstern

I've been astonished how often, when I convince a writer to tell a story more straightforwardly and to tell it more simply and directly,…

— Alice Mattison

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

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

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

— Peter Hedges

I believe that the writer should tell a story. I believe in plot. I believe in creating characters and suspense.

— Ernest Gaines

A great story poorly told doesn't do anybody any good at all, and nobody wants to hear it, and nobody wants to read it.…

— Jason Isbell

Basically, all novelists should want to tell a story, and if they don't want to, they shouldn't be novelists. I think story-telling is important…

— Susan Howatch

If it's a good story, it's a good story, and it draws readers in.

— H. W. Brands

Stories are amazing and powerful because they can resonate with people depending on their needs and experiences and speak truths we need to hear…

— Sue Monk Kidd

Of course, I'm not allowed to talk about the script, but I can say it is a really good story.

— Aaron Stanford

I see myself as a storyteller, I don't mind if the story is fact or fiction, if it's a good story I'd like to…

— Leanne Pooley