Readers Take What They Want…John Steinbeck QUOTES FOR WRITERS
A man who tells secrets or stories must think of who is hearing or reading, for a story has as many versions as it has readers. Everyone takes what he … Continue reading
We Make Sense of our Lives through Stories – Heather Webb QUOTES FOR WRITERS
History isn’t just a series of bygone eras, littered with a mélange of fascinating and horrific events and people. It’s a detailed map of who we are and what we … Continue reading
Why I read – Zadie Smith QUOTES FOR WRITERS
I am fascinated to presume, as a reader, that many types of people, strange to me in life, might be revealed, through the intimate space of fiction, to have griefs … Continue reading
…stories are about what you lose…John Irving QUOTES FOR WRITERS
Be serious, Life hurts, reflect what hurts. I don’t mean that you can’t also be funny, or have fun, but at the end of the day, stories are about what … Continue reading
Developing empathy – what fiction does for us: Laila Lalami QUOTES FOR WRITERS
Stories help us see the world through the eyes of others: We see what they see; we’re provoked or inspired or amused; we take sides or withhold judgment—but in the … Continue reading
Why we all need to be told stories…Alan Rickman QUOTES FOR WRITERS (and people who like quotes)
What storytellers can do – Erin Morgenstern QUOTES FOR WRITERS (and people who like quotes)
You may tell a tale that takes up residence in someone’s soul, becomes their blood and self and purpose. That tale will move them and drive them and who knows … Continue reading
The Power of Stories – Emmanuel Reed Manirakiza Quotes for Writers (and peope who like quotes)
Inside stories lies transformational power, Power that moves the invisible us, Power that stirs our emotions, To experience the experiences of others; Stories allow us to imagine and live momentarily … Continue reading
…The supreme expression of story is the novel…Richard Flanagan, winner of 2014 Booker. Quotes for Writers (and people who like quotes)
I do not share the pessimism of the age about the novel. They are one of our greatest spiritual, aesthetic and intellectual inventions. As a species it is story that … Continue reading
Gabriel García Márquez on the origins of the very first fiction story – Quotes for Writers (and People who like Quotes)
Fiction was invented when Jonah arrived home and told his wife he was three days late because he’d been swallowed by a whale. ― Gabriel García Márquez photo credit: Rob Hughes … Continue reading
THREE ESSENTIAL INGREDIENTS IN A GHOST STORY
From the archives – as I am in the middle of assignment season. I wrote this post in November 2010 and November seems the right month for ghost stories. Here … Continue reading
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