Control Quote by Lance Armstrong

I can't be bothered with narrative. It takes too long for me to try to think of it.

— Fred Armisen

I can't control what a reader takes from a story.

— Marjorie Liu

A story comes to you; it isn't like you choose it. You have no real control.

— Mary Downing Hahn

You can reclaim your own narrative.

— Paula Broadwell

I've gotten used to spending more time with heavily narrative stories.

— Joshuah Bearman

“Understand and challenge your personal narrative. Narratives become choices and actions — which become your life.”

— Bryant McGill

It's hard, because when you talk about process or your characters ruling your narrative, it sounds like you have no control, but obviously you're…

— Alice Sebold

Stop trying to write sentences and start trying to write stories.

— James Patterson

What I had to do was keep the story within certain limits of what was, of course, plausible.

— Arthur Golden

When you take charge of your own narrative, it gives you a handle on it.

— Liz Murray

I like to apply storytelling methods and techniques to try to frame the story in an interesting way, but you can never control what's…

— Jørgen Leth

I have a narrative, but you will be put to it to find it.

— Djuna Barnes