Books Quote by Stan Sakai

I wanted to make my stories, which are inspired by Asian stories, into something fresh, decontextualized - to give them new life as a…

— Ken Liu

My inspiration is my life, what I see happening around me. It can be history and, quite often, plain traditional fairy tales. But I…

— Michel Ocelot

I've loved fairytales, folklore and mythology since I was a small child, and I think it was inevitable that they would influence my style…

— Juliet Marillier

While I find inspiration in real life, the actual stories are, thankfully, works of fiction - which, given the considerable turmoil in my character's…

— Nicholas Sparks

Ideas for stories come in really different terms and really different ways for me. Sometimes they're from books, sometimes they're just kind of out…

— Brian Evenson

Not exactly but I get inspiration from stories which are unconventional.

— Anil Kapoor

I'm usually working on my own mythology, my own realm of created characters. Stories in mythology inspire me, though I may not be conscious…

— Anne Rice

I get a lot of inspiration from Japanese manga, especially shoujo which tends to have elaborate and fantastical adventure plots.

— Cassandra Clare

All my stories are like the Greek and Roman myths, and the Egyptian myths, and the Old and New Testament.

— Ray Bradbury

I've always been into having stories told to me. I was a voracious reader, my father was also a teller of tales; and the…

— Damon Lindelof

Most of my story ideas come from my childhood. Sometimes they hatch from stories my parents told me, sometimes they come from experiences in…

— Kimberly Willis Holt

I've always loved Japanese legend, anime and manga.

— Lauren Beukes