Cold Quote by Michael Portillo

I'm always interested in people being able to share stories that allow us to see the landscape of human foibles, challenges, and ultimately triumph.

— Oprah Winfrey

You need to decide that you're going to use a story to enlighten and inspire people in the modern day.

— Margot Lee Shetterly

“As a novelist it is my job to tell stories that inspire and entertain but I am increasingly mindful that many of these historical…

— Sara Sheridan

I love covering stories that have huge historic impacts.

— Wolf Blitzer

The stories of accomplishments, achievements, challenges, problems, issues, concerns pass down through history, and those are things you take with you in your personal…

— Linda Johnson Rice

Real stories - whether in pure fiction or historical - have a certain indefinable power; we are endlessly curious about the past and hungry…

— Simon Sebag Montefiore

I've been writing big stories of history, but there are a lot of fascinating little stories.

— H. W. Brands

I know what you want. You want a story that won't surprise you. That will confirm what you already know. That won't make you…

— Yann Martel

Just recognizing and naming that many of the things we treat as historical fact are stories can help erode their power over our sense…

— Annie Leonard

I try to support stories that enable us to see the difficulties in our society and the challenges we face, which is why I've…

— Forest Whitaker

Stories are compasses and architecture, we navigate by them, we build our sanctuaries and our prisons out of them, and to be without a…

— Rebecca Solnit

I hope that my story can help inspire others who are at a decisive crossroads in their lives.

— Gianluca Vialli