Common Quote by Sarah Dessen

I think my first general rule is that most of my experiences are not that interesting. It's usually other people's experiences. It's not that…

— Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

You set up a story and it turns inside out and that is, for me, the most exciting sort of story to write. The…

— Nigel Kneale

A lot of times as writers, you want to come up with the best possible story, and you bend it according to what you…

— Jason Katims

I always take a story that's kind of out there, like an urban myth. I take some possibility that people imagine, that they are…

— Cecelia Ahern

Who has time to make up stories when the truth is so much more interesting?

— Cecily von Ziegesar

I think my narrative is actually pretty interesting if I step back from it and don't engage too much in it, personally or emotionally.

— Karyn Kusama

I think the most interesting thing about any story is how people change. That's usually a struggle, because change is pretty much an uncomfortable…

— Toni Collette

I always like when things are loosely based on real events. That always makes it more interesting because there's a lot of research you…

— Katia Winter

I feel like I do my best work when I am put into scenarios where there's some in-depth story to be told.

— Tommaso Ciampa

Stories are not like the real world; they aren't held back by what we know is false or true. What's important is how a…

— Tahir Shah

You find most of the interesting stories are the ones that are slightly harder to get made.

— Jim Sturgess

Every so often my life will feel like a story. It doesn't have to be a big thing; in fact, most often, it's just…

— David Sedaris