Writing Quote by Mark O'Brien

“Telling a story is like reaching into a granary full of wheat and drawing out a handful. There is always more to tell than…

— Wendell Berry

“Every story needs to be told in just the right way.”

— Thomas Ligotti

“Story always tells us more than the mere words, and that is why we love to write it, and to read it.”

— Madeleine L'Engle

“Certainly, I want to capture the reader's attention from the beginning and hold it until the end: that is half the purpose of my…

— Edward Abbey

“It's hard to do, to tell one story, when there are so many stories to tell.”

— Bernie Mcgill

“I follow where the story goes. Always. Every time. Sometimes it goes places where I'm not comfortable... it's at those times that I just…

— Dennis Sharpe

“Having something worth telling and a passion to tell it are what make you a good writer. I can't tell you how many times…

— Chris Colfer

“Over the weeks I am surprised to find that the more stories I record and the longer I carry them around, the lighter they…

— Brigid Pasulka

“you have to be careful with the stories you tell. And you have to watch out for the stories that you are told.”

— Thomas King

“[Referring to passage by Alice Munro] Finally, the passage contradicts a form of bad advice often given young writers -- namely, that the job…

— Francine Prose

“What a storyteller does is *see* more than most of us. We say he's making up his stories, but he—or better yet, *she*—watches more…

— Dean Hughes

“We all spin stories. That's what we do. We want people to see certain things about us and not others. What matters is whether…

— Maya Lang