Communication Quote by Mike Bartlett

I find that most people know what a story is until they sit down to write one. Then they find themselves writing a sketch…

— Flannery O'Connor

What I often do when I'm writing, if I can't find that story, I go out and I hunt for it.

— Lynn Nottage

When I am writing anything in general, I just want to tell the story that exists in my head; I don't try to write…

— Lauren DeStefano

If I feel like I haven't really tapped into the essence of the story when I do an assignment, I may revisit it on…

— Hilton Als

I write short stories, and I wrote a play.

— Rita Dove

I just always try to find an interesting story and tell it well. That's a hard enough thing to do, whether it's a piece…

— Paul Haggis

I always just read the play and find a world. That world must honour the play, enhance it, and maybe shine some new light…

— David Farr

Before I start writing, before I have an idea of where and when the story happens, I research it thoroughly.

— Isabel Allende

I write plays about things that I can't resolve in my mind. I try to root things out.

— Alan Bennett

If you have a good story idea, don't assume it must form a prose narrative. It may work better as a play, a screenplay…

— Hilary Mantel

I try to find stories that I would think that everyone would find interesting, and just a good entertaining story, and then if I…

— Norman Jewison

Unless you can be in a place yourself and go through the subject of your story yourself, the next best thing is not to…

— Michael Morpurgo