Approach Quote by Nic Pizzolatto

It's not easy to tell a story about writers and make that feel like a complete story and an interesting story.

— Greg Kinnear

The story is always better than your ability to write it.

— Robin McKinley

I've always wanted to be a novelist, so I just try to write really great narrative.

— Peter Heller

Stories often take their own course once you start to write them, especially when you have the benefit of a writers' room and a…

— Bryan Konietzko

I've never been in charge of my stories, they've always been in charge of me. As each new one has called to me, ordering…

— Ray Bradbury

The good stories, of course, write themselves. And somebody wants to know who are the really good writers, and how many of them there…

— R. A. Lafferty

I think that, as a writer, while it's your job to construct stories, you have to navigate your way through them with your heart.

— Abi Morgan

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 do better just letting the stories develop. I don't outline very well, and I can't follow it if I do. Once I've outlined…

— Joe R. Lansdale

Writing is a process of discovering. I could never outline a narrative; that just sounds boring. There's no joy of discovery in what you're…

— Bob Shacochis

For me as a writer, the story has always taken precedence over everything else. I have never sat down to write with broad, sweeping…

— Khaled Hosseini

There are a lot of wonderful women writers who would be good influences on writers. You've got to spread yourself out and educate yourself…

— Ray Bradbury