Change Quote by Rob Parnell

“The explanatory stories that people find compelling are simple; are concrete rather than abstract; assign a larger role to talent, stupidity, and intentions than…

— Daniel Kahneman

“A story is only an outlet for frustrated aspirations, for aspirations which the story-teller conceives in accordance with a limited stock of spiritual resources…

— Sadegh Hedayat

“Stories are the preferred way human beings learn and define our values. In our stories we find heroes whose larger than life examples make…

— Douglas M. Beaumont

“Stories help shape the way we see ourselves in the world. They help tell us who we can be and what we can achieve.”

— Nicola Yoon

“Stories give you a way to see things. A way to understand the events of your life. Even if you don't realize it while…

— Matthew Kirby

“True storytellers write not because they can but because they have to. There is something they want to say about the world that can…

— John Freeman

“But as a wise and great teacher once explained so patiently, all good stories - stories that touch your soul, stories that change your…

— Camron Wright

“Stories do not change, only the lives they live in do.”

— Cameron Conaway

“Sometimes, a story is just the thing we tell ourselves to escape the ordinariness of a life that has no tale to tell at…

— A.J. Grayson

“Characters who simply have goals opposed by others do not create the effects of a story.”

— Bill Johnson

“Stories are vehicles for conveying who we are, what is important, and what ought to be done..”

— David Vermette

“If I've learned one thing in the last few days it is that every question does not need to be answered. A story is…

— Joseph Bruchac