Ashes Quote by Miriam Toews

I learned to separate the story from the writing, probably the most important thing that any storyteller has to learn-that there are a thousand…

— Orson Scott Card

Each book starts from ashes really. I don't feel that I have this to say or that to say or this story to tell…

— Philip Roth

You know it's a great story when you identify with the main character to the point that you forget you're a spectator or a…

— Gaspar Noe

What I've learned in the last few years is that I am merely a storyteller.

— Adam Rapp

Every story teaches you how to write that story but not the next story.

— Eudora Welty

I learned early on that there are all sorts of stories I have no place telling.

— Peter Hedges

Every person has a story and just because you know a part of it doesn't mean you know the whole story.

— Nishan Panwar

Sometimes you don't find out why you needed to tell a story until you're telling it.

— Misha Green

I didn't learn stories, I just absorbed them.

— Donald Davis

But if you don't understand that story is character and not just idea, you will not be able to breathe life into even the…

— Elizabeth George

I decided to devote my life to telling the story because I felt that having survived I owe something to the dead. and anyone…

— Elie Wiesel

If you know everything, it keeps you from writing. You don't want a story to burn you out instead of surprising you.

— Joe R. Lansdale