Quotes About Stories

A volume of stories, bereft of continuity in plot and character, is often unified only by the writer's obsessiveness.

Sad to think that we won't have any new stories from John Updike, one of the last century's masters. But so many here in the two volumes of his collected stories, 186 by my count, stories to read, reread, savor over the course of a cold season. Updike's genius in the short form spills out of these many, many pages.

The Veteran's History Project, a nationwide volunteer effort to collect oral histories from America's war veterans, provides an avenue to do just that. Now in its fifth year, the Project has collected more than 40,000 individual stories.

The problem with wonks is that they can't deal with emotion and feeling, and they don't like stories. It means that they cannot connect at all with the feelings and imaginations of the voters.

Stories come and go. The challenge is to frame the questions that voters will be asking on polling day, such as who has avoided a global depression and worked here to deliver jobs.

I'm not seeking for answers; I just want to tell stories and state my opinion.

I am interested in biographical stories. Seldom are good biopics like 'Maha Nati' being made.

I think there's a natural link between the fact that our self is a story that we make up and that we're drawn to stories. It resonates, in a way.

I love stories about self-love and finding your identity and your people.

The reason I'm a writer is to understand other people and myself more. The reason I'm a writer is to dramatize stories about human beings so that it improves my life. So that's a very selfish thing.

I get so full off of stories that people send in of encouragement.

We have to be really sensitive to making sure were not creating any stories that don't feel like they're ready to be told... We have to make sure we're getting the right story and the right content from the talent we work with.

I can't tell you exactly how I found it. It was just a process of writing a lot of stories and reading a lot of stories that I admired and just working and working until the sentences sounded right and I was satisfied with them.

I'd never contemplated being in TV and film. But I love working with athletes and talent and shaping great stories.

I've always wanted to be a writer. Ever since I learned to read, I've wanted to share stories with others the way my favorite writers shared their stories with me.

The only way I can feel comfortable being an actor is if I can find stories that I believe are important to be shared.

For me, playwriting is sharing my experiences, telling my stories.

I hope that in sharing my stories and take on what has happened to me, that it empowers anyone who is going through a struggle that it is okay to not be okay.

I love seeing my book on shelves and getting letters from people who liked the book. I love telling stories and having other people tell stories to me.

I write short stories. I write every day.

I didn't really start to write until I was almost 30, and I started with the short stories.

Short stories can make for really good adaptations.

I saw the short stories people were doing on Kindle and really liked the idea of seeing something I'd written on that screen.

I've been writing short stories since I was a little girl.