Books Quote by Samuel Richardson

“Don't you think it would be interesting if you could read the story of your life - written perfectly truthfully by an omniscient author?”

— Jean Webster

“Let your story grow. Let it surprise you, and it will certainly surprise your readers.”

— M. Kirin

“Make it interesting and it will be true: this is what story writers live by.”

— Heidi Pitlor

“We're all storytellers. We choose to tell ourselves the kind of tale we want to hear.”

— Danielle Ganek

“Imagine the story you would most want to read, and then shamelessly write it.”

— J.D. Salinger

“Unfortunately, the story wasn’t a novel, and it wasn’t fiction.”

— Aleatha Romig

“Have a story. And make sure it’s a good one. A DAMN good one.”

— Hugh MacLeod

“I'm more excited than I'll admit when my hand closes around the paperback. It's like I've been handed a secret, a piece of her…

— Amy Matayo

“ know what you want. You want a story that won’t surprise you. That will confirm what you already know. That won’t make you…

— Yann Martel

“We all tell stories--to ourselves and to each other. Some of learn to tell only the most interesting bits.”

— Shannon Donnelly

“I'm about to start reading it again, because what good is a story you only want to read once?”

— Bill Willingham

“A good story feels both surprising and inevitable, fresh and familiar.”

— Adam Johnson