It is not enough for a story to flow. It has to kind of trickle and glint as it crosses over the stones of the bare facts.
It’s been the same story ever since I can remember, ever since Wilson – the Republicans don’t do a thing for the little man.
Be honest about what you see, get out of the way and let the story reveal itself.
A lot of compelling stories in the world aren’t being told, and the fact that people don’t know about them compounds the suffering.
Each child’s story is worthy of telling. There shouldn’t be a sliding scale of death. The weight of it is crushing.
Life need not be a story, but it does need to be an adventure.
Why do most of us make such boring choices for the stories of our lives?
If we had time and no money, living by our wits, what story would you tell?
Telling a story in a futuristic world gives you this freedom to explore things that bother you in contemporary times.
Immortals are, by definition, immortal. End of story.
It occurred to me that I was standing face to face with the hero of a love story nearly as dramatic as my own.
If you try to turn me against Lissa one more time the stories are going to be about you bleeding because I’ll have ripped your throat out!
Would you like to hear my story, Bella? It doesn’t have a happy ending – but which of ours does? If we had happy endings, we’d all be under gravestones now.
When I write a story, it’s not like I’m thinking about what I’m doing.
There’s no good story without romance.
It’s easier to come up with new stories than it is to finish the ones you already have. I think every author would feel that way.
We all need mantras, I guess – stories we tell ourselves to keep us going.
Lies are just stories, and stories are all that matter. We all tell stories. Some are more truthful than others, maybe, but in the end the only thing that counts is what you can make people believe.
The Story of Solomon is the only way I know how to explain. And then, in smaller letters: Forgive me.
You don’t reach points in life at which everything is sorted out for us. I believe in endings that should suggest our stories always continue.