No matter what happens, the world can be pretty ridiculous and people be pretty ridiculous, but how would you react? That's an easy filter to put any….

Some of what we read in classical literature is not relative to our condition, but then many women novelists and poets have turned it upside down and….

I would recommend the short story form, which is a lot harder to write since you have to be so careful with words, until there is plenty of time to d….

The moral of the story is this: sometimes, to do nothing, to do nothing at all, is the sorriest thing ever..

Written in these walls are the stories that I can't explain.

If you're gonna let the character be the story, you better set a tone that allows the actors to do the best work they can do..

I cannot start a story or chapter without knowing how it ends. ... Of course, it rarely ends that way..

Most of my lyrics are little stories about my experiences or those of my friends..

Everybody has a story. And there's something to be learned from every experience..

Graves they say are warm'd by glory; Foolish words and empty story..

Myth is, after all, the neverending story..

Any story worth telling is worth embellishing..

As individuals, we are shaped by story from the time of birth; we are formed by what we are told by our parents, our teachers, our intimates..

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 st….

[In mountaineering, if] we look for private experience rather than public history, even getting to the top becomes an optional narrative rather than ….

All love stories are tales of beginnings. When we talk about falling in love, we go to the beginning, to pinpoint the moment of freefall..

When I was a little kid, I told stories..

It's just so much fun to make up characters, situations, and everything else about a story. I have so much freedom and flexibility to do whatever I w….

Stories are wondrous things. And they are dangerous..

Like Rodgers and Hammerstein, I'm not afraid to deal with themes about the ups and downs of life, yet which are still entertaining, and you still fee….

I like it when stories are left open..