Assuming Quote by Nancy Horan

My mind has become somewhat like a book. What I mean by that is that when I look at the world, I see it…

— Avi

I don't write about the same thing every time, everyday, different things are happening out there and if you take the time to look…

— Desmond Dekker

I feel like there's already a written narrative going on everywhere. All the different situations and realities you're in, like words floating by. It's…

— Bill Callahan

I'm a memoir writer. I try to understand the world by taking experiences I have and making them into a story, whether it's a…

— Staceyann Chin

There's just so many great stories in the past that you can know a little bit about, but you can't know it all, and…

— Geraldine Brooks

Look inside yourself and you'll find a world of things (a world of your own experiences)worth writing about.

— Bette Greene

I had forgotten that, and so many things. How could I put everything down on paper? It seemed impossible. No matter what, the majority…

— Dave Eggers

I don't write diaries and things like that, but I have a fantastic memory. I call that like a magic carpet. I can really…

— Francoise Gilot

In a long story like 'Weathercraft,' it becomes kind of convoluted. It can become perhaps difficult to remember what led up to whatever point…

— Jim Woodring

I'll always write about what's going on in my life and the reason for that is it's not actually because I'm so fascinated with…

— Augusten Burroughs

Now and again thousands of memories converge, harmonize, arrange themselves around a central idea in a coherent form, and I write a story.

— Katherine Anne Porter

I love telling stories, but I also am more aware now of how complex reality is and how difficult it is to really explain…

— Robyn