Quote by John Steinbeck

“And, of course, people are only interested in themselves. If a story is not about the hearer he will not listen. And I here…

— John Steinbeck

“If a story is not about the hearer he [or she] will not listen . . . A great lasting story is about everyone…

— John Steinbeck

“And I here make a rule-a great and lasting story is about everyone or it will not last. The strange and foreign is not…

— John Steinbeck

“We all tell stories--to ourselves and to each other. Some of learn to tell only the most interesting bits.”

— Shannon Donnelly

“No story lives unless someone wants to listen.”

— J.K. Rowling

“Lee said, “Remember, Mr. Hamilton, I told you I was trying to translate some old Chinese poetry into English? No, don’t worry. I won’t…

— John Steinbeck

“At that moment I realised all the things I miss, all the fascinating stories I don't get to hear, because I refuse to mix…

— Andrej Nikolaidis

“Speaking about interesting people does not necessarily make the speaker interesting.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“One may learn a great deal about a people by the stories they tell of others.”

— Timothy Zahn

“Stories are only as good as the perspective they are heard from. Listen with an open mind, and the world will unfold before you.”

— J B Jensen

“If you tell stories, you like nothing so much as to tell them to people who want to listen.”

— Frances Hodgson Burnett

“and people could only make sense of complicated matters through stories. Likewise”

— Neal Stephenson