Argument Quote by Ken Liu

You can argue with someone's opinion, but you can't argue with their story.

— Nicky Cruz

Until recently we’ve only been able to speculate about story's persuasive effects. But over the last several decades psychology has begun a serious study…

— Jonathan Gottschall

“One way to understand fiction is to treat every story as an attempt to make an argument (Helena Bell has written more extensively about…

— Ken Liu

I think fiction isn't so good at being for or against things in general - the rhetorical argument a short story can make is…

— George Saunders

You can win more arguments then you might think as a writer, even though you legally have no recourse, and your script can get…

— Shane Black

Stories are one of the most powerful forces of persuasion available to us, especially stories that fit in with our view of what the…

— Maria Konnikova

A novel should be an experience and convey an emotional truth rather than arguments.

— Joyce Cary

I simply cannot accept that there are, on every story, two equal and logical sides to an argument.

— Edward R. Murrow

Our audience holds us to an incredibly high standard of continuity and emotional authenticity. We don't toy with that, but oftentimes we write stories,…

— Jeff Pinkner

Anecdotes are sometimes the best vehicles of truth, and if striking and appropriate are often more impressive and powerful than argument.

— Tryon Edwards

In my mind, there's usually a fairly definitive kind of narrative when I write. But I don't want to enforce that on other people.…

— Johnny Flynn

The truth, or success, of any writer's story lies partly in its specificity and its emotional honesty.

— Gail Caldwell