Books Quote by Thomas Maltman

“the best stories are the ones that leave the reader better than they were. And the best of those nurture both our minds and…

— A.G. Riddle

“good storytelling is good because the characters — not the author — are in charge.”

— Sean Platt

“The good story lay in half-told things which must be filled in out of the hearer’s own experience.”

— John Steinbeck

“All good stories are true. Even if they were completely made up by the storyteller, there is something in them that resonates with us.…

— C.E. Laureano

“Great characters tell their own stories. The author just writes it down for them.”

— Molly Evangeline

“Great stories are not the ones which have great people in them. Great stories are the ones which have ordinary people, willing to do…

— Priyanka singh

“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

“I was first a reader and without readers what would be the point in writing. For those of you who love a good story,…

— Michelle Dennis Evans

“Stories are vehicles for conveying who we are, what is important, and what ought to be done..”

— David Vermette

“To write an excellent novel, make the outcome of the story matter to the reader through the evolving relationships between well-designed characters.”

— Martin Sandforth

“A good story conveys a message that strengthens our values.”

— Ronald R. Cooke

“The best stories proceed from a mysterious truth-seeking impulse that narrative has when revised extensively; they are complex and baffling and ambiguous; they tend…

— George Saunders