Enough Quote by Margaret Mitchell

“Human beings across every culture I know about require such stories, stories with cool winds and wood smoke. They speak to something deep within…

— Peter Straub

“The meaning of a story should go on expanding for the reader the more he thinks about it, but meaning cannot be captured in…

— Flannery O'Connor

My sister-in-law believes that few narratives are so tightly constructed that you can't skip boring bits and still keep abreast of what's going on.

— Arthur Smith

It took a lot to understand that the interest in both writing a story and reading it is not in the objective dangers someone…

— Etgar Keret

It's true that writing can give new forms to concepts that existed previously with far less clarity, but in terms of the other half…

— Helen Oyeyemi

People are interested in examining the way we consume narratives.

— Rod Blackhurst

There are really so many subtleties of meaning and observation that very often are not expressed by writers.

— Joachim Frank

The way we as a world consume stories - and sometimes people - is a phenomenon that we're seeing much more of now.

— Brian McGinn

Early on, a story's meaning and rationale seem pretty obvious, but then, as I write it, I realize that I know the meaning/rationale too…

— George Saunders

Stories are told over time, and so they naturally accrue meanings.

— John Edgar Wideman

“In general, we store away our experiences and make use of timeworn phrases—nice, ready-made, reassuring stylizations that give us a sense of colloquial normality.…

— Elena Ferrante

Because we humans find stories such fascinating things, it’s all too easy to get interested in the story for its own sake, and lose…

— Steve Denning