Books Quote by Laurie Graham

As cliched as it sounds, if you have an original voice and an original idea, then no matter what anybody says, you have to…

— Damon Lindelof

Every story starts with an idea, but it is the characters that move this idea forward.

— Michael Scott

Most of my stories are ideas in action. In other words, I get a concept, and I let it run away. I find a…

— Ray Bradbury

As a writer, my main objective is to tell the story urgently - as if whispering it into one ear - and to know…

— Julianna Baggott

“Every story needs a voice to tell it though, or it goes unheard. So I have to try. I still have enough faith left…

— Dexter Palmer

When I start a story, I don't know where it's going.

— Stephen King

“Yeah, apparently this chick didn’t know-“ He held up a hand. “Thank you, but I came to hear your story, not theirs,” he took…

— Melanie Fair

In real life, people are constantly saying one thing and doing another, but if you write your characters that way, the story becomes too…

— Jessica Cutler

There are things the story must have or else look incomplete. And these will almost automatically present themselves. When they don't, you are in…

— Chinua Achebe

I start with a character and a situation, but I don't know what's going to happen until I write it. Sometimes things happen that…

— Louis L'Amour

Remember that you don't write a story because you have an idea but because you have a believable character.

— Anonymous

I never try to give a message in my books. It's about living with characters long enough to hear their voices and let them…

— Isabel Allende