Always Quote by Jon Ronson

I always try to tell a good story, one with a compelling plot that will keep the pages turning.

— John Grisham

I enjoy research as much as writing so I try to make my stories as fact-based as possible, which I think helps them seem…

— Raymond Buckland

The stories I write are often literal to events that have happened or observations that I've made, and sometimes they're fantastical.

— Mark Mothersbaugh

What's the use of stories that aren't even true?

— Salman Rushdie

Sometimes the easiest-seeming stories to a reader are the hardest kind to write.

— John Cheever

I always try to tell a good story, one with a compelling plot that will keep the pages turning. That is my first and…

— John Grisham

I'm writing about real things. Real people. Real characters. You have to believe what I write about is true or you wouldn't pay any…

— Lou Reed

I try to write about things that actually happened so that I know it's real before I put it down on paper.

— John Prine

“A writer writes. There are no exceptions to this reality. No excuses. Stop wasting time talking about your stories and get them on paper.”

— Christy Hall

I think that, as a writer, while it's your job to construct stories, you have to navigate your way through them with your heart.

— Abi Morgan

I was always at heart a novelist and wanted to tell a bigger story, so I wanted to create people who told other kinds…

— Aminatta Forna

You just have to make sure you're writing about something that's true. It has to be honest and it has to have a real…

— Teddy Thompson