Stories Quote by Paula Weston Download Open image ““Most stories are based on something real.”” — Paula Weston ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.7 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Stories
“Isn't that what stories do, make real things fake, and fake things real?” — Marie Rutkoski Copy Share Image
“Are stories true? ... They're magic, they're not about real people walking around today. So they're fake? No, no. Stories are a different kind… — Emma Donoghue Copy Share Image
“Fictional stories were written so that they seemed real, kind of like a well-executed lie. Fiction creates an unreal world that's better than the… — Hiroshi Ishizaki Copy Share Image
“The following is a true story. However, the characters, locations, situations, and events are entirely fictional.” — Derek Fox Copy Share Image
“We all tell our stories the way we want to. And sometimes those stories have nothing to do with reality.” — Danielle Ganek Copy Share Image
“What makes a truly good story is its ability to be close enough to reality to be believable, yet far enough away to keep… — Rosi S. Phillips Copy Share Image
“People have so closely followed the most intricate details of the fake story of my life.” — Taylor Jenkins Reid Copy Share Image
“What makes a good story I'd it's ability to be close enough to reality to be believable, and far enough away to keep you… — Rosi S. Phillips Copy Share Image
“How can you be so sure?" I badly want to believe him, but this is Rafa. The guy who's all action and no plan.… — Paula Weston Copy Share Image
“I hear you've been with every Rephaite in a skirt.' Crap. Where did that come from? 'Who told you that?' HIs smile shifts into… — Paula Weston Copy Share Image
“He guides my fingers under his hair to the nape of his neck. To the shape of a crescent moon.” — Paula Weston Copy Share Image
“Morning after morning, I wake up with him lingering in my thoughts and I feel guilty without having any idea why.” — Paula Weston Copy Share Image
“You have no idea, do you? You two lost each other - I lost both of you." He hurls the bottle at the wall.… — Paula Weston Copy Share Image
“You believe what he's saying - that they're demons?" Simon nods. "Like, from hell?'" "No," Rafa says, "from Comic-Con." He shakes his head. "Yes,… — Paula Weston Copy Share Image
“It's been a long time since you asked me for anything. I'm not going to fuck it up.” — Paula Weston Copy Share Image
“I know exactly who I am. It’s everyone else who seems to be having a problem.” — Paula Weston Copy Share Image
“We're quiet for a moment. And then: 'Why did you call me Matt?' 'It seemed like a good idea at the time. Now that… — Paula Weston Copy Share Image
“I know things are messy with us, but do you really think I could just walk away from you?" This time he doesn't look… — Paula Weston Copy Share Image
“I glance down at my threadbare t-shirt and baggy flannelette pyjama bottoms.” — Paula Weston Copy Share Image
Histories never conclude; they just pause their prose. Their stories are, if they are truthful, untidy affairs, resistant to windings-up and sortings-out. They beat… — Simon Schama Copy Share Image
My sentences got sharper and my stories more efficient, and I gradually learned to imagine the reader more clearly and to empathize with that… — Karen Thompson Walker Copy Share Image
When you listen to someone improvise, the notes that are played are only half the story. — Hubert Laws Copy Share Image
Well, The Day the Earth Caught Fire was a story... I don't if anybody knows what it is but it was about... in the… — Val Guest Copy Share Image
She smiled, if he could see that, and waited for him to ask the real question. But he was silent. He wanted her to… — Sharon Shinn Copy Share Image
It's like the query letter problem that I just mentioned, magnified a hundredfold. You might be good at telling a story, but that doesn't… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
It took me 20 years to buy an electric typewriter, because I was afraid it would be too sensitive. I like to bang the… — Elmore Leonard Copy Share Image
Having small children and being an investigative reporter would seem like a difficult mix, but it worked well for me. I was often working… — Jill Abramson Copy Share Image
In the current climate, things that are true, brave human stories become political. — Cate Blanchett Copy Share Image
It goes to show you how we in the press so often miss the big stories that are right under our noses. There is… — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
Now I am in the place I call this wide wide Heaven because it includes all my simplest desires but also the most humble… — Alice Sebold Copy Share Image
I think it's actually kind of sweet how there is a reciprocal effect that our stories can have on each other. — Chelsea Manning Copy Share Image
