Doe Quote by Joy Williams

You have to know the story that you're telling, and you have to know the tone in which the story is being told.

— Tyler Hoechlin

You have to figure out who the right person is to tell the story. And often, people who are very self-aware will only sound…

— Ann Beattie

A writer writes what he knows, in ways that are natural to him.

— Mo Yan

The quality of what is said inevitably influences the way in which it is said, however inexperienced the writer.

— Robertson Davies

Sometimes you know the story. Sometimes you make it up as you go along and have no idea how it will come out.

— Ernest Hemingway

I find that most people know what a story is until they sit down to write one.

— Flannery O'Connor

“You think you know how a story begins, or how it's going to turn out, especially when it's your own. You don't.”

— Edan Lepucki

“I do not know whether many people realize how much more than is ever written there really is in a story — how many…

— Frances Hodgson Burnett

“The old nut goes, 'Write what you know,' but often a writer is clearer about what he doesn't know and must learn about.”

— Susan Bell

The story is always better than your ability to write it. My belief about this is that if you ever get to the point…

— Robin McKinley

“a story is a letter the author writes to himself to tell what he wouldn't discover otherwise.”

— Carlos Ruiz Zafón

A new writer starting out today, whether it's for TV or film, they have to remember that they're telling the story to themselves first…

— Tony Grisoni