Allowing Quote by Karen Hesse

“Identifying the source of our personal narratives helps us to release its negative aspects and re-frame it in ways that promote wholeness.”

— Sharon Salzberg

The truth is, for however much my stories come out of things that have happened to me, they're not darkly or as deeply personal…

— Eugene Mirman

When I write fiction, I create characters whose views are not my own, and I allow them to be eloquent in defense of their,…

— Orson Scott Card

“Storytelling creates a healing serum. The thematic unguent of our personal story represents a fusion of the ineffable truths that each of us must…

— Kilroy J. Oldster

It's how I express myself - through storytelling and characters. They often reveal very intimate, vulnerable sides of myself.

— Alexia Fast

My fiction may, now and again, illuminate aspects of the human condition, but I do not consciously set out to do so: I am…

— William Trevor

“Dear God, Reveal to me through stories something of what it is like to walk around in someone else's shoes. Show me something about…

— Ken Gire

Our stories arise from our hearts and our souls. In this sense, telling our stories becomes a sacred gesture, opening a clear way to…

— Susan Wittig Albert

“Each story wanted, no—needed—to reveal a human fragility, a human bondage which tied people to the things they did and to be the person…

— C.J. Roberts

“Whenever we share a personal story with other people, we provide an enchanting testament that illustrates the distinctive tinting of our estranged and prose-like…

— Kilroy J. Oldster

I'm a practised writer now. But when I began, I had no idea what this was going to be. I just knew that there…

— Chinua Achebe

Something I really align with, particularly when it comes to 'Watchmen' and 'Erasure,' that really resonated with me in both of those stories, is…

— Cord Jefferson