#stories

I think the best stories always end up being about the people rather than the event, which is to say character-driven. ↗

— Stephen King

#on-writing #stories #storytelling #storytelling

Stories are the wildest things of all. Stories chase and bite and hunt. ↗

— Patrick Ness

#stories #fiction

Stories are propaganda, virii that slide past your critical immune system and insert themselves directly into your emotions. ↗

— Cory Doctorow

#propaganda

Traditional matter must be glorified, since it would be easier to listen to the re-creation of familiar stories than to quite new and unexpected things; the listeners, we must remember, needed poetry chiefly as the re-creation of tired hours. ↗

— Lascelles Abercrombie

#easier #familiar #glorified #hours #listen

Stories in which the destruction of society occurs are explorations of social fears and issues that filmmakers, novelists, playwrights, painters have been examining for a long time. ↗

— J. J. Abrams

#destruction #examining #fears #filmmakers #issues

I wouldn't compare myself to any past Idol contestant, because I don't feel like I am like any of them. Maybe stories are cool but my story is different from most people's story. I don't like to compare myself to other people, I like to just be me. ↗

— Naima Adedapo

#any #because #compare #contestant #cool

I'm going to tell stories to the world. I think there's time for me to grow. We'll see. ↗

— Sasha Alexander

#grow #i #i think #me #see

Tattoos are like stories - they're symbolic of the important moments in your life. Sitting down, talking about where you got each tattoo and what it symbolizes, is really beautiful. ↗

— Pamela Anderson

#beautiful #down #each #got #important

The films that I love are very straightforward stories, like really old-fashioned stuff. ↗

— Paul Thomas Anderson

#i #i love #like #love #old-fashioned

Though my books are written from a historical perspective, I have goon so far back that I am in the realm of prehistorical speculation rather than simple historical fact to weave my stories around. ↗

— Jean M. Auel

#around #back #books #fact #far