Story Quote by John Steinbeck

“The good story lay in half-told things which must be filled in out of the hearer’s own experience.”

— John Steinbeck

“Pilon complained, "It is not a good story. There are too many meanings and too many lessons in it. Some of those lessons are…

— John Steinbeck

“A good story defies the reader's expectations, and in doing so, brings them satisfaction.”

— Thomas Maltman

“All good stories are true. Even if they were completely made up by the storyteller, there is something in them that resonates with us.…

— C.E. Laureano

“Story always tells us more than the mere words, and that is why we love to write it, and to read it.”

— Madeleine L'Engle

“A story gives people some type of a handhold through their lives. They need to know that what they're doing now has a middle…

— Anonymous

“Good stories are living texts, and when policies, laws, and social fads change, a good story remains evidence of not only what once was,…

— Nevien Shaabneh

“Every good story needs a good ending. Don't write the beginning of a novel without knowing the end of it.”

— A.D.Y. Howle

“Sometimes the rules of writing get in the way of a good story told.”

— Jason E. Hodges

“Yeah, apparently this chick didn’t know-“ He held up a hand. “Thank you, but I came to hear your story, not theirs,” he took…

— Melanie Fair

“the best stories are the ones that leave the reader better than they were. And the best of those nurture both our minds and…

— A.G. Riddle

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