Books Quote by Shannon Eckrich

The author isn't altogether certain that there is any such thing as exaggeration. Our brains permit us to use such a wee fraction of…

— Tom Robbins

If you're too scared to put your dreams, thoughts, desires, fantasies on paper and share them with the world, then being an author isn't…

— P. C. Cast

A novel is a conversation starter, and if the author isn't there for the after-party, both the writer and the reader are missing a…

— Maggie Stiefvater

Writing is transmogrifying, not just for the reader but also for the author; an author becomes someone he or she isn't by living the…

— Robert J. Sawyer

Stories make us more alive, more human, more courageous, more loving.

— Madeleine L'Engle

Stories make ideas and concepts come alive and by shifting the action to another world and another time, they help us step back and…

— Prakah Iyer

“That's something that would really sell. I mean, I admire that you tell stories of make-believe people in worlds that don't exist and that…

— Rivka Galchen

If we do not, as historians, write the history of great events as well as the small stories that make up the past, others…

— Margaret MacMillan

I try to do stories that make a difference -- stories that affect the way people think, stories that people need to hear --…

— Ann Curry

I use everything. Turning life into stories is how I make sense of my experience. No matter how weird or disturbing or upsetting to…

— Grant Morrison

“I intend to keep writing stories that piss people off, that tell the particular kind of truth I think is valid, that will make…

— Harlan Ellison

I want to tell stories that make people feel less alone.

— Sophie Thatcher