Advice-to-beginners Quote by Joshua Hartzell

“You learn to tell stories by telling stories.”

— Robert Rodríguez

“I was beginning to learn that your life is a story told about you, not one that you tell.”

— John Green

“What I like most about the stories I write is exploring other lives and professions. It's a way of having all the jobs I…

— Katie Fforde

“I might not have ever had the courage to write those stories without that experience, that training ground in how to look at one’s…

— Dorothy Allison

“Stories have a job to do. They can't just lie around like lazybone dogs. They have to teach you something.”

— Lloyd Jones

“Whatever I experienced in the world that I didn't understand I'd invent a story and workout my understanding of something through the story.”

— Lisa Alther

“Don’t tell stories of a job you almost got. Learn from a loss and don’t dwell on it. Move on.’ ”

— Lauren Graham

“Sometimes life isn’t about anything new that we have to learn, but about what we have to UNlearn instead.”

— Timber Hawkeye

“I'm a novelist by trade and my job is to write a story rather than reconstruct actual events.”

— Sara Sheridan

“No one tells me anything new, so I tell myself my own story.”

— Friedrich Nietzsche

“Stories that do not signal or illustrate a change in wisdom, growth or circumstance do not fulfill the basic requirements of a story worth…

— Rob Parnell

“Everybody has a story that must be told. Your life is your story. Tell your story.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita