Art Quote by T.C. Boyle

But then, that's the beauty of writing stories-each one is an exploratory journey in search of a reason and a shape. And when you…

— T.C. Boyle

“Stories help shape the way we see ourselves in the world. They help tell us who we can be and what we can achieve.”

— Nicola Yoon

“Story always tells us more than the mere words, and that is why we love to write it, and to read it.”

— Madeleine L'Engle

My reason for writing stories is to give myself the satisfaction of visualising more clearly and detailedly and stably the vague, elusive, fragmentary impressions…

— H. P. Lovecraft

“In the darkest corners of a writer’s heart, you’ll find the stories that never made it to the page, the ones too painful to…

— Dr. Nitin Chopra

“Stories trace their roots to impassioned human interactions with the world. I always sense a storyline as an emotional yearning embedded in a deep…

— Kilroy J. Oldster

“Our job as writers is to be as curious as a child, to see things for the first time, and to never assume. We…

— Alan Watt

“Stories matter. They shape our lives, expectations, and dreams. They are the warp and weave of our human existence, binding us into a fabric…

— Bascomb James

“I write stories, because I want to read them.”

— A.E. Croft

“I believe that a writer should never attempt a contemporary theme or a very precise topography. Otherwise people are immediately going to find mistakes.…

— Fernando Sorrentino

“We writers can use our own longing - and frequently do - without ever having to understand or analyze it. That is why our…

— Marion Dane Bauer

“Writing a book is like pulling strands out of your soul, one by one, until one day instead of a mess it finally looks…

— Ksenia Anske