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Stories Quotes

You learn to write by writing, and by reading and thinking about how writers have created their characters and invented their stories. If you are not a reader, don’t even think about being a writer Picture Quote #1

Perhaps it is how we are made; perhaps words of truth reach us best through the heart, and stories and songs are the language of the heart Picture Quote #1

Only thin, weak thinkers despise fairy stories. Each one has a true, strange fact hidden in it, you know, which you can find if you look Picture Quote #1

Because reading is one of the joys of life, and once you begin, you can’t stop, and you’ve got so many stories to look forward to Picture Quote #1

Stories are what death thinks he puts an end to. He can’t understand that they end in him, but they don’t end with him Picture Quote #1

If you can tell stories, create characters, devise incidents, and have sincerity and passion, it doesn’t matter a damn how you write Picture Quote #1

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I glance at the headlines just to kind of get a flavor for what’s moving. I rarely read the stories, and get briefed by people who are probably read the news themselves Picture Quote #1

Jesus almost never talked in terms of explaining. He was always using enigmatic stories and difficult metaphors. He was always pulling people into some kind of participation Picture Quote #1

Short stories can be rather stark and bare unless you put in the right details. Details make stories human, and the more human a story can be, the better Picture Quote #1

Our reporters do not cover stories from their point of view. They are presenting them from nobodys point of view Picture Quote #1

I feel like in telling stories, there are the things the audience thinks are important, and then there are the things that are actually important Picture Quote #1

Audiences forget facts, but they remember stories. Once you get past the jargon, the corporate world is an endless source of fascinating stories Picture Quote #1

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The imagery is very much released from reality. It’s not nailed down to specifics of the words. They’re painting a picture, not telling linear stories Picture Quote #1

The stories of past courage... can offer hope, they can provide inspiration. But they cannot supply courage itself. For this each man must look into his own soul Picture Quote #1

Stories are not about ideas, gimmicks, or places. Stories are about people. People are about feelings! Picture Quote #1

But if what interests you are stories of the fantastic, I must warn you that this kind of story demands more art and judgment than is ordinarily imagined Picture Quote #1

This is how most stories end in the hospital. Not with crash carts and sirens and electric shocks to the chest, but with an empty room, a crisp white bed, silence Picture Quote #1

Stories are the best democracy we have. We are allowed to become the other we never dreamed we could be Picture Quote #1

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No one has the right to judge you, because no one really knows what you have been through. They might have heard the stories, but they didn’t feel what you felt in your heart Picture Quote #1

Neurologists say that our brains are programmed much more for stories than for abstract ideas. Tales with a little drama are remembered far longer than any slide crammed with analytics Picture Quote #1

I love stories about two people who are doing illegal things, who we really enjoy watching despite the fact that we know they are doomed in some way Picture Quote #1

The idea for actors is to make a living telling stories, so if you can do that, then you’re way ahead of the game Picture Quote #1

I never finished any of my early stories. They were all beginnings, an endless number of beginnings Picture Quote #1

The objection to fairy stories is that they tell children there are dragons. But children have always known there are dragons. Fairy stories tell children that dragons can be killed Picture Quote #1

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I’m consistently telling stories about the value of the human condition and connectedness and things like that Picture Quote #1

The ideas for stories that thronged my brain would not let me rest till I had got rid of them by writing them Picture Quote #1

All my life I’ve been interested in other people’s stories. I wanted to know them, understand them, feel them Picture Quote #1

But also there are all the famous stories about the songs that have been rejected, but then went on to become hits Picture Quote #1

For a fiction writer, a storyteller, the world is full of stories, and when a story is there, it’s there, and you just reach up and pick it Picture Quote #1

Stories are like catechisms, but they’re catechisms for your impulses, they’re catechisms with flesh on Picture Quote #1

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You learn to write by writing, and by reading and thinking about how writers have created their characters and invented their stories. If you are not a reader, don’t even think about being a writer (Stories Quotes) Perhaps it is how we are made; perhaps words of truth reach us best through the heart, and stories and songs are the language of the heart (Stories Quotes) Only thin, weak thinkers despise fairy stories. Each one has a true, strange fact hidden in it, you know, which you can find if you look (Stories Quotes) Because reading is one of the joys of life, and once you begin, you can’t stop, and you’ve got so many stories to look forward to (Stories Quotes) Stories are what death thinks he puts an end to. He can’t understand that they end in him, but they don’t end with him (Stories Quotes) If you can tell stories, create characters, devise incidents, and have sincerity and passion, it doesn’t matter a damn how you write (Stories Quotes) I glance at the headlines just to kind of get a flavor for what’s moving. I rarely read the stories, and get briefed by people who are probably read the news themselves (Stories Quotes) Jesus almost never talked in terms of explaining. He was always using enigmatic stories and difficult metaphors. He was always pulling people into some kind of participation (Stories Quotes) Short stories can be rather stark and bare unless you put in the right details. Details make stories human, and the more human a story can be, the better (Stories Quotes) Our reporters do not cover stories from their point of view. They are presenting them from nobodys point of view (Stories Quotes) I feel like in telling stories, there are the things the audience thinks are important, and then there are the things that are actually important (Stories Quotes) Audiences forget facts, but they remember stories. Once you get past the jargon, the corporate world is an endless source of fascinating stories (Stories Quotes) The imagery is very much released from reality. It’s not nailed down to specifics of the words. They’re painting a picture, not telling linear stories (Stories Quotes) The stories of past courage... can offer hope, they can provide inspiration. But they cannot supply courage itself. For this each man must look into his own soul (Stories Quotes) Stories are not about ideas, gimmicks, or places. Stories are about people. People are about feelings! (Stories Quotes) But if what interests you are stories of the fantastic, I must warn you that this kind of story demands more art and judgment than is ordinarily imagined (Stories Quotes) This is how most stories end in the hospital. Not with crash carts and sirens and electric shocks to the chest, but with an empty room, a crisp white bed, silence (Stories Quotes) Stories are the best democracy we have. We are allowed to become the other we never dreamed we could be (Stories Quotes) No one has the right to judge you, because no one really knows what you have been through. They might have heard the stories, but they didn’t feel what you felt in your heart (Stories Quotes) Neurologists say that our brains are programmed much more for stories than for abstract ideas. Tales with a little drama are remembered far longer than any slide crammed with analytics (Stories Quotes) I love stories about two people who are doing illegal things, who we really enjoy watching despite the fact that we know they are doomed in some way (Stories Quotes) The idea for actors is to make a living telling stories, so if you can do that, then you’re way ahead of the game (Stories Quotes) I never finished any of my early stories. They were all beginnings, an endless number of beginnings (Stories Quotes) The objection to fairy stories is that they tell children there are dragons. But children have always known there are dragons. Fairy stories tell children that dragons can be killed (Stories Quotes) I’m consistently telling stories about the value of the human condition and connectedness and things like that (Stories Quotes) The ideas for stories that thronged my brain would not let me rest till I had got rid of them by writing them (Stories Quotes) All my life I’ve been interested in other people’s stories. I wanted to know them, understand them, feel them (Stories Quotes) But also there are all the famous stories about the songs that have been rejected, but then went on to become hits (Stories Quotes) For a fiction writer, a storyteller, the world is full of stories, and when a story is there, it’s there, and you just reach up and pick it (Stories Quotes) Stories are like catechisms, but they’re catechisms for your impulses, they’re catechisms with flesh on (Stories Quotes)

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