Character Quote by Nadine Gordimer

I learned to love stories by listening to them.

— John Dufresne

Long before I wrote stories, I listened for stories. Listening for them is something more acute than listening to them.

— Eudora Welty

The thing that was important to me about Hemingway at the time was that Hemingway taught me that you could be a writer and…

— Hunter S. Thompson

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

I've always been interested in listening to people's stories.

— Jens Lekman

Long before I wrote stories, I listened for stories.

— Eudora Welty

I really enjoy listening to stories. I remember them and keep them in my mind.

— Abbas Kiarostami

“If you remember the pleasure of hearing a story many times, and you will remember that while you were listening you become three people.…

— Marina Warner

Ernest Hemingway was the author I drew inspiration from.

— Nelson DeMille

“This chapter is an attempt to share with you some insights about story listening and how to do it.”

— John S. Savage

“I often forget that other people's stories aren't simply introductions to my own more engaging, more dramatic, more relevant, and better-told tales, but rather…

— Will Schwalbe

“I also discovered how much I could learn from listening to other people’s stories—even people who at first blush didn’t seem like the kind…

— Al Franken