Extraordinary Quote by Simon Schama

I identified in a very deep way with the individuals I was writing about because the theme that runs through this story is of…

— Laura Hillenbrand

I don't think I'm particularly religious, although I'm a fan of a good story. It's extraordinary what stories can inspire people to do.

— Tara Fitzgerald

“There is an old Jewish story, an ordinary Jewish joke. A father was teaching his little son to be less afraid and have more…

— Elinor Lipman

The Christian Armenian story was the Polish Jewish story. The efforts of the Armenians to stay alive in Musa Dagh chimed with those struggling…

— Howard Jacobson

Most American Jews came from the lower middle classes, and therefore they brought with them not a lot of Jewish culture. The American Jewish…

— Arthur Hertzberg

What makes a story a story is that something changes. Internal, external, small or large, trivial or of earth-shattering importance. Doesn't matter.

— Sarah Monette

“It was a story to tell myself, a promise. Saying out loud, "You're never going to touch me again" - that was a piece…

— Dorothy Allison

“If you don't turn your life into a story, you just become a part of someone else's story." "And what if your story doesn't…

— Terry Pratchett

He made a story for all of them, a story to give them strength. The words of the story poured out of his mouth…

— Leslie Marmon Silko

“She wishes that it were true, all of it. That it were more than just a story. That is was their story.”

— Jennifer E. Smith

Storyless is not abstract. Two dancers on the stage are enough material for a story; for me, they are already a story in themselves

— George Balanchine

I had always felt life first as a story: and if there is a story there is a story-teller

— Anonymous

And it's interesting, but I'm always interested in the story behind the story.

— Maximilian Schell

“My daughter, people are only used to seeing the glorified in a story, because a story is only a tiny, tiny piece of a…

— Darryl Steven Markowitz

And the Bible is not primarily a book of history. It is "His story," the story of God.

— Adrian Rogers