Book Quote by Terry Goodkind

Alright, all right," I said. "What if I tell you a story, instead?" Highlanders loved stories, and Jamie was no exception. "Oh, aye, "…

— Diana Gabaldon

Only cinema narrows its concern down to its content, that is to its story. It should, instead, concern itself with its form, its structure.

— Peter Greenaway

“I was looking for a miracle, but I got a story instead, and sometimes those are the same thing.”

— Maggie Stiefvater

“If [the characters] grow a lot, they begin to influence the course of the story instead of the other way around.”

— Stephen King

There has been far too much of journalists deciding they are on the side of something and going out to get the story, instead…

— Claire Fox

“At some point I had stopped being in love with him and had fallen in love with the story of him and me instead.”

— Elizabeth Gilbert

“Trying to change, avoid, or get rid of that story is often ineffective, time consuming, and focuses our attention on the unhelpful story. Instead,…

— Matt Lewis

“You'll have to make do with the story instead, pieced together from the scraps of old lives. That is all I have.”

— Bernie Mcgill

I start writing, pull whatever images happen to occur to me and make up a story, instead of starting with details that are real…

— John Darnielle

All good and true book-lovers practice the pleasing and improving avocation of reading in bed ... No book can be appreciated until it has…

— Eugene Field

What is true for book publishing is true for civilization: the books that survive the test of time are humanity's backlist, our collective memory.

— Jason Epstein

There is always room and occasion enough for a true book on any subject; as there is room for more light the brightest day…

— Henry David Thoreau