Away Quote by Mike Nichols

It is the nature of stories to leave out far more than they include.

— Marion Dane Bauer

I always worry that knowing too much about a novel or a story early on in writing will close it down - it feels…

— Dan Chaon

Sometimes a story grabs hold of you and won't let go.

— Megan Chance

It's amazing how much the sense of telling a story with a beginning, middle, and end helps me to relax. I find that the…

— Mark Rylance

Stories are not like the real world; they aren't held back by what we know is false or true. What's important is how a…

— Tahir Shah

Every story needs an element of suspense - or it's lousy.

— Sydney Pollack

When writers are self-conscious about themselves as writers they often keep a great distance from their characters, sounding as if they were writing encyclopedia…

— Jerome Stern

“All stories come to an end. That moment when we sigh and close the book, perhaps sit back in our chair and rest our…

— Mary Alice Monroe

My sister-in-law believes that few narratives are so tightly constructed that you can't skip boring bits and still keep abreast of what's going on.

— Arthur Smith

One reason we love fiction is because stories have a comforting shape. They provide a resolution that's lacking in our regular lives.

— Patrick Rothfuss

The real problem with stories - if you keep them going long enough, they always end in death.

— Neil Gaiman

I don't necessarily believe that stories need closure. I just believe they need a beginning, middle, and end, but the end doesn't have to…

— Karyn Kusama