Meetings Quote by Tom Barbash

People pretty much know that my story has been one of a lot of adversity and kind of responded to it.

— Darren Waller

I just wanted to be part of telling a good story that shocks people.

— Tom Payne

I've met many people who have come up to me and told me how my story has impacted them.

— Jason Collins

I have an aunt who believed strongly that teaching kids that Shakespeare is 'hard' is wrong, so she handed me 'Hamlet' when I was…

— Seanan McGuire

I have stood by, confounded and speechless, while others have projected their stories over my narrative, each an excuse to appear helpful while remaining…

— Molly Johnson

I considered that I had to write stories about the people I had met, with whom I'd worked, the history of my books -…

— Anatoly Rybakov

I have had an inordinate and painful concern for the audience in my writing career.

— Marsha Norman

Unless you can be in a place yourself and go through the subject of your story yourself, the next best thing is not to…

— Michael Morpurgo

I've yet to meet somebody who said, 'Your stories are so revolting I couldn't read them.'

— Ian Mcewan

I did stories about unexpected encounters, back roads, small towns and ordinary folk, sometimes doing something a little extraordinary.

— Charles Kuralt

I didn't use anybody's story. I used the context and the structure of the situation. People were so, so desperate to tell their story…

— Chuck Palahniuk

I had self-doubt about whether my story was interesting to people. I didn't want to write something that was anecdotal. It was important to…

— Lizz Winstead