Believe Quote by Leslie Jamison

You find most of the interesting stories are the ones that are slightly harder to get made.

— Jim Sturgess

It was always hard to find stories that I felt were, in and of themselves, fresh enough and intriguing enough .

— Ron Howard

I never think of stories as made things; I think of them as found things. As if you pull them out of the ground.

— Stephen King

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 think storytelling is a thing of beauty, and also very difficult. It's a craft you have to continue to work at.

— James Gray

Stories are the creative conversion of life itself into a more powerful, clearer, more meaningful experience. They are the currency of human contact.

— Robert McKee

I know how easy it is to be swept away by stories, by things you wish were real.

— Derek Landy

Stories are not like the real world; they aren't held back by what we know is false or true. What's important is how a…

— Tahir Shah

Stories have the ability to take us inside all kinds of life.

— Christopher Bram

I think many people have wonderful stories inside them and the talent to tell those stories. But the writing life, with its isolation and…

— Ellen Ullman

Sometimes the easiest-seeming stories to a reader are the hardest kind to write.

— John Cheever

You have only so many chances to tell stories. I didn't want to be forever wedded to one form of storytelling when there are…

— Michael Koryta