Failure Quote by Michael Chabon

“We are all the heroes of our own stories, and one of the arts of perspective is to see yourself small on the stage…

— Rebecca Solnit

“My story isn't sweet and harmonious, like invented stories. It tastes of folly and bewilderment, of madness and dream, like the life of all…

— Herman Hesse

“I do have a single tale. It is a story of love found and love lost – of ambition and madness – of paradise and torment.”

— Brock Meier

“Sometimes, a story is just the thing we tell ourselves to escape the ordinariness of a life that has no tale to tell at…

— A.J. Grayson

“Stories help shape the way we see ourselves in the world. They help tell us who we can be and what we can achieve.”

— Nicola Yoon

“My story is a sad and lonely one, and beautiful and lively and joyful. It's not perfect; it is what it is. This is…

— Eugenia Argerami

“There are days when writing is within my power and a story unfolds along a course I've already chosen.  And then there are days when…

— Richelle E. Goodrich

“So I believe in the redeeming power of stories, I believe that stories are incredibly important, possibly in ways we don't understand, in allowing…

— Neil Gaiman

“Stories, news, past heartbreak, future happiness, all of these were to be shared by the person at the center of the tale.”

— Ellen Herrick

“My story - my own personal story - ended before my writing began. Storytelling has only ever been a way of filling in the…

— Diane Setterfield

“The greatest stories come from trying to make your own contradictions meet and get along.”

— Barbara Hall

“Storytelling is an escape from the jail of the self, leading to the ultimate adventure--seeing life through the eyes of another.”

— Tobias Wolff