Attitude Quote by Leonard Michaels

This story is slightly immoral, but so, I guess, are stories based on truth

— Ring Lardner

“Readers often root for characters that are innocent victims – or who are subjected to forces beyond their control.”

— Rob Parnell

“A victim act is a form of passive aggression. It seeks to achieve gratification not by honest work or a contribution made out of…

— Steven Pressfield

If every story someone tells you revolves around how great they are and how they're always the victim in situations they're most likely full…

— Brian Zilinek

The story itself should force its moral upon you. You find out what the moral is by writing the story.

— C. S. Lewis

The repetition of the victimhood narrative is really poisonous for young people because they hear it and believe it.

— Kemi Badenoch

The stories are most often about justice. In her stories, those who commit injustice, or act tyrannically, come to no good. They are punished.

— Marina Warner

It's a responsibility of the writer to get the reader out of the story somehow.

— Michael Ondaatje

“Victimization is often a dynamic. In many cases the victim is also a participant in their own victimization.”

— Bryant McGill

“The Leadership Seduction of storytelling invites self-pity, exaggerates one's importance, and encourages inaction.”

— Catherine Robinson-Walker

After all, it was only a story,' I said, determined to prove her wrong. 'All manner of terrible things may happen in a story.…

— Chris Priestley

I don't want to insert myself into the story. I just want to give a useful analysis of it to help people come to…

— Rachel Maddow