Audience Quote by Orson Scott Card

Whether you've done anything wrong or not people will write whatever they want, so it's just a matter of not reading it, not buying…

— Holly Valance

On the one hand I wonder, Was this really my story to tell? On the other hand, I just wanted the story to be…

— Kathryn Stockett

I didn't write the book to sell the book, but to tell my experiences.

— Larry Hagman

I was a first-time writer, so I did as I was told. I hadn’t realized it (the original book) had survived, so was surprised…

— Harper Lee

I assumed just from being around, all these years, that people would immediately glom on to, Well, it's a departure, and it's a dystopian…

— Chang-Rae Lee

I think if someone could demonstrate to me that fiction did no good, I would still do it, because I think it does good…

— George Saunders

A great story poorly told doesn't do anybody any good at all, and nobody wants to hear it, and nobody wants to read it.…

— Jason Isbell

It was like a dream come true for me. When you write the book, it's still intimate. It might have been a best-seller but…

— Yossi Ghinsberg

The work itself has a complete circle of meaning and counterpoint. And without your involvement as a viewer, there is no story.

— Anish Kapoor

I'm not for it [Brookland and The Testament of Yves Gundron ], I'm not against it, I'm just interested in it and how it…

— Emily Barton

If you just tell the story of what the storys about, then it sparks curiosity, but I think it also arouses suspicion, as you…

— Gerard Butler

If it's a good story, it's a good story, and it draws readers in.

— H. W. Brands