Quote by Stoo Goff

“We decide what story to tell ourselves. Or whether we will tell one at all.”

— Ryan Holiday

All stories should be completely planned out from beginning to end.

— George Sanders

“a story will tell itself, when it’s ready.”

— Jodi Picoult

“Every story needs to be told in just the right way.”

— Thomas Ligotti

“A long time ago someone told me that a story will tell itself, when it's ready.”

— Jodi Picoult

“You think you know how a story begins, or how it's going to turn out, especially when it's your own. You don't.”

— Edan Lepucki

“We don't always plan what happens in our life. Sometimes things just unravel”

— Scott Hildreth

“If you're writing a story and YOU can't wait to see how it all pans out, then you are doing something right.”

— Giuseppe Bianco

“In the future, when something comes up, you tell exactly how it happened but write down for yourself the way you think it happened.…

— Betty Smith

“It's good to plan, but don't let the planning take the place of doing.”

— Karen McQuestion

“Sometimes the best plan is to simply expect that things might not go according to plan.”

— Comic Strip Mama

“A story is entirely determined by what portion of time it chooses to narrate.”

— Joan Silber