Certain Quote by Michelangelo Antonioni

Usually, I have a lot of acquaintance with the story before I start writing it. When I didn't have regular time to give to…

— Alice Munro

I write and write and write, and then I edit it down to the parts that I think are amusing, or that help the…

— Al Yankovic

Stories often take their own course once you start to write them, especially when you have the benefit of a writers' room and a…

— Bryan Konietzko

I write and I read, and I write and read my way into and out of ideas and life. And that's what we do.…

— Alexandra Fuller

Why write stories? To join the conversation.

— Dorothy Allison

Writing a story, you understand, is not done by consensus. But we do learn from each other, and we remind ourselves how important this…

— John Dufresne

I keep on having ideas and developments. Some happen and some don't, but I still always have a way of telling a story.

— John Waters

Like most writers, I just create because I have a story to tell, really.

— Tom Stoppard

We're writers. What do we do? We tell stories. We make up stories. We create art.

— Hector Tobar

Writing something down and processing it, sitting with a text and a story, editing and rewriting new drafts - that entire process helps clarify…

— Haroon Moghul

Stories bring us together. We can talk about them and bond over them. They are shared knowledge, shared legend, and shared history; often, they…

— Maria Konnikova

I write largely plot-driven stories.

— Ravi Subramanian