20th century Quote by Karina Longworth

The best story is the story that gets to the most people.

— Diogo Morgado

The story of Willie Stark fascinated me because it was tackling the story of a man who outwardly has all the success one could…

— Carlisle Floyd

As a matter of fact, I deliberately look for the mundane, because I feel these stories are ignored. The most influential things that happen…

— Harvey Pekar

I like stories in specific time periods. 'The Revenant's' era of American history was fascinating because it was this lawless no-man's land. It defined…

— Leonardo DiCaprio

The things about my childhood that I really loved the most, writing about those things was hard because I knew they would never happen…

— Tara Westover

I was fascinated by a compelling character embroiled in a controversial topic that told the story from a different point of view.

— Bjorn Borg

“We had just heard that story recounted so many times over the years that it was easy to take the details and fold them…

— Sarah Dessen

However I will never forget what Marion [Zimmer Bradley] did for me by accepting that first story from a stupid enthusiastic kid.

— Vera Nazarian

“The explanatory stories that people find compelling are simple; are concrete rather than abstract; assign a larger role to talent, stupidity, and intentions than…

— Daniel Kahneman

Mine is a story about a teenage single mother who struggled to keep her young family afloat. It's a story about a young woman…

— Wendy Davis

Any tragic memory I have I also think is really funny. On any given day, I can think about how horrible something is and…

— Perfume Genius

That was always our favorite type of story, and that's the stuff we fell in love with. The peak of those type of ordinary-meets-extraordinary…

— Ross Duffer