Quotes about Write Stories

I've been taking longer to write stories lately. Votes: 4

With sitcom writing, you're trying to write stories. Votes: 4

When I write an original story I write about people I know first-hand and situations I'm familiar with. I don't write stories about the nineteenth century. Votes: 4

I could write stories just as rotten. Votes: 3

Why write stories? To join the conversation. Votes: 3

I'm trying to write stories that are interesting and enjoyable. Votes: 3

Stop trying to write sentences and start trying to write stories. Votes: 3

She reminded me that I could write stories,/could be struck by lightning & live. Votes: 3

I want to write stories that don't help you escape life, but embrace life. Votes: 3

I don't call magazines and let them know about things so they can write stories. Votes: 3

I would never write stories with only despair and defeat and the dark side of life. Votes: 3

I write stories about conspiracies and paranoid characters while I am, in fact, a very skeptical person. Votes: 3

All I ever wanted to do is to write stories that people will enjoy and feel at home with. Votes: 3

Us writers all like each other and want to write stories with each other; we're having a good time. Votes: 3

I was quite shy. I used to write stories all the time, and I think that was a worry for my parents. Votes: 3

Truly I never thought of myself as writing legal thrillers, and I still don't think I do. I write stories about women. Votes: 3

[Dennis] Etchison would write stories that were just punch lines at the end. You wouldn't realize something horrific was happening until the last paragraph. Votes: 3

Obviously, I like to write stories that are page-turners. But I always try my very, very hardest to be as factually true as possible. Votes: 3

I taped the autopsy photos from Marilyn Monroe's death to my lunch box in fifth grade, and I would write stories in which someone inevitably died. Votes: 3

My goal is to write stories that are connected, but not sequels in any meaningful sense. Like Howard's Conan tales or Leiber's Fahrrd & the Great Mauser stories. Votes: 3

I am a writer, which means I write stories, I write novels, and I would write poetry if I knew how to. I don't want to limit myself. Votes: 3

Kids love me because I write stories that tell them about their capacity for evil. I'm one of the few writers who lets you cleanse yourself that way. Votes: 3

I used to write stories and poetry, but for some reason I have it in my head that if I'm going to write, I have to write a script. Votes: 3

When I first started out, I was trying to write stories about nurses and lawyers and a lot of people I didn't know anything about, and they just weren't working. Votes: 3

I always write stories, and I write poems, too. I just never sell them to anybody, but I write them. They're good, too. They never leave the house. They're too disclosing. Votes: 3

I have always loved horror very much. I used to write stories for DC's House of Mystery. It was one of my first jobs writing for comics, and I loved it. Votes: 3

Most science fiction seemed to be written for people who already liked science fiction; I wanted to write stories for anyone, anywhere, living at any time in the history of the world. Votes: 3

If you need drugs or booze to write stories, you're not a good author." Yet when he wrote; "Cujo" he was on cocaine and claims to have no memory of writing the book." Votes: 3

When I write stories I am like someone who is in her own country, walking along streets that she has known since she was a child, between walls and trees that are hers. Votes: 3

I wanted to write stories for myself. At first it was purely an aesthetic thing about craft. I just wanted to become good at the art of something. And writing was very private. Votes: 3

I did try to write stories in college because I was interested in writing, and I was interested in the sound of language, but I was just no good at narrative and at fiction. Votes: 3

I used to do poetry and write stories and stuff - I never really had anybody standing over my shoulder, like, "What did you write? Let me hear it." I hate that type of stuff. Votes: 3

All stories I write are compulsive. Anything I've ever written was because I don't have a choice. I write stories because I can't wait to tell it, I can't wait to see how it ends. Votes: 3

I've never invested myself properly in trying to write stories. When I write lyrics, mostly I write each sentence separately on an index card and then I lay them out and I just mix them up. Votes: 3

You can't write something actively trying to please everyone - you're going to end up with watery soup that way. You just have to write stories you would want to read and hope that people like them. Votes: 3

Love is the answer to everything. It's the only reason to do anything. If you don't write stories you love, you'll never make it. If you don't write stories that other people love, you'll never make it. Votes: 3

I try to write stories that are thrilling and full of mystery and funny all at the same time, stories that raise moral questions but come up with very few moral answers, stories that emotionally touch readers through the characters. Votes: 3

Do you have to do murder? Do we have to do murder? Sure we have to do murder. There are only two subjects--a woman's chastity, and murder. Nobody's interested in chastity any more. Murder's all we got to write stories about. Votes: 3

The reason I quit being a sales manager over twenty years now is because I hate elevator pitches. I want to write stories and show people what's in them when they read them, not tell them all about it ahead of time. Votes: 3

I like to write stories where young people have a strong feeling about something being fair or unfair, right or wrong, cruel or kind, and they act on the basis of that - often in the face of the prevailing limits of behaviour. Votes: 3

Authors can write stories without people assuming that they are autobiographies, but songwriters and poets are often considered to be the characters in their works. I like Michelangelo's vision, 'I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free. Votes: 3

I'm pretty hardcore. I stick exactly to what I'm doing. So I write a novel in one period, and then I'll write stories in another period. I only work on one thing at once, because I'm afraid that I wouldn't finish what I'd started. Votes: 3

I used to write stories a lot because you had to fill your hours some other way than watching television. So my imagination was vivid, and I used to write a lot of stories. I wrote a novel, which I still have, which is so awful. Votes: 3

In hip-hop, I wasn't very focused on delivering a message. It was just a string of lines that didn't connect. What I wanted to do is write stories... and affect someone's emotions with that song. I think as a soul singer, I'm able to accomplish that. Votes: 3

I have tried to write stories that go into the underworld of myth and bring out life and fire — where the old world looked at a woman alone and immortal and said: she must long to die, I have tried to say: look at her live! Votes: 3

As a teenager I read a lot of books. Books with lots of scary trends, things like nuclear weapons and overpopulation and global diseases, and I thought, 'Wouldn't it be great to write stories that showed people these problems and that we could do something about them.' Votes: 3

Although my stories are all very different on the surface, I like to write stories about characters struggling with big problems. I'm always reminded, no matter how different from me one of my characters is from me on the surface, how we're all pretty much the same underneath. Votes: 3

As we have seen, WikiLeaks is a robust organization. During my time in solitary confinement in the basement of a Victorian prison, we continue to release, our media partners continued to write stories. The important revelations from this material continue to come out. We have approximately 2,000 cables into 250,000. Votes: 3

I used to feel that if I say something's wrong, I have to say how it could be made right. But what I learned from Kurt Vonnegut was that I could write stories that say I may not have a solution, but this is wrong - that's good enough. Votes: 3

I have always been drawn to young characters and seeing big tapestries through the eyes of a child. It probably comes from being a father myself and having a young son and seeing the world through his eyes. I write stories that are sort of the exaggerated version of that. Votes: 3

I write short stories. I write every day. Votes: 2

I write short stories, and I wrote a play. Votes: 2

But basically, I'm trying to write a fun story. Votes: 2

Don't weep for me; don't write any sob stories. Votes: 2

Each play I write has its own unique origin story. Votes: 2

When I read good stories, I want to write good stories too. Votes: 2

I write characters and stories that move me, and I write from the heart. Votes: 2

Love stories are probably all I've ever been able to write or want to write. Votes: 2

I write almost everything, actually. Songs, poems, stories. And stories out of every genre, too. Votes: 2

If they're going to write a story they're going to write the story whether it's true or not. Votes: 2

Alice Munro is a particular kind of short story writer in that she writes long, character-driven short stories. Votes: 2

I would not send a first story anywhere. I would give myself time to write a number of stories. Votes: 2

I think it's a short story writer's duty, as well as writing well about emotions and characters, to write story. Votes: 2

A story in your head isn't a story. It's just a daydream until you actually write it down. So write it down. Votes: 2

I've wanted to write a ghost story for years, and my main aim was to write the most frightening ghost story that I could think of. Votes: 2

The Master and Margarita' is deeply to do with the unconscious. It is a story about a man who writes a story in a time when he's not supposed to write that story: the story of Pontius Pilate. Votes: 2

All I want is the same opportunities as the filmmakers I grew up admiring. But you know, I've had lots of amazing opportunities to do the movies I wanted to do. If I could write my future, I'd want to keep making character-based films that can make use of my voice as a filmmaker. Votes: 2

On the whole, stories don't write themselves. Votes: 0

Someone has to write all those stories: why not me? Votes: 0

We write an awful lot of stories about Donald Trump. Votes: 0

I write all day and outline stories, a sports mythological universe. Votes: 0

I decided to write short stories because they got rejected quicker. Votes: 0

We can help the next generation, with the stories we write today. Votes: 0

...I can write my own stories and I can write myself in. Votes: 0

I want to write a book of poetry, as well as children's stories. Votes: 0

All I can do is write my stories for mankind, and rest easy. Votes: 0

I'll never live to write all the stories I have in my head. Votes: 0

I always do like to write love stories, even if they end tragically. Votes: 0

When male authors write love stories, the heroine tends to end up dead. Votes: 0

Sometimes the easiest-seeming stories to a reader are the hardest kind to write. Votes: 0

I don't always write in order, so composing multi-book stories could get complicated. Votes: 0

I write about love all the time, what a tragedy those stories turn into. Votes: 0

In my younger days, I was trying to write sophisticated prose and fantastic stories. Votes: 0

Love stories are probably all Ive ever been able to write or want to write. Votes: 0

The stories that are too personally vulnerable to write are the ones that must be told. Votes: 0

Sometimes the biggest disasters aren't noticed at all - no one's around to write horror stories. Votes: 0

It's the stories that make my heart beat faster ...those are the ones to write about Votes: 0

When I was a little kid, before I learned how to write, I would tell stories. Votes: 0

When you're a writer, you have to write these stories, even if you don't get paid Votes: 0

One thing I want to say: I don't like victim stories and I don't write them. Votes: 0

Once I started writing novels, I understood how hard it was to write really good short stories. Votes: 0

Of course, I write crime stories, and I have to describe violence and the aftermath of violence. Votes: 0

Write a short story every week. It's not possible to write 52 bad short stories in a row. Votes: 0

Don't try to write a novel. Write short stories and then figure out how to connect them. Votes: 0

I wanted to write about what we were doing at the French Laundry, the recipes and the stories. Votes: 0

Spiritual growth involves giving up the stories of your past so the universe can write a new one. Votes: 0

The ego-drama is nothing compared with the theo-drama. The fun begins when we let God write our stories. Votes: 0

When we deny our stories, They define us. When we own our stories, we get to write the ending. Votes: 0

So many people can now write competent stories that the short story is in danger of dying of competence. Votes: 0

I've always written stories from female perspectives. That it's one of the reasons I write, to have that experience. Votes: 0

For years and years I thought that stories were just practice, till I got time to write a novel, Votes: 0

But I think everybody should write. I think those people with stories who don't write should be stomped on. Votes: 0

That's why I write fiction, because I want to write these stories that people will read and find universal. Votes: 0

People who actually tell stories, meaning people who write novels and make feature films, don't see themselves as storytellers. Votes: 0

I write for the love of writing. If I never published another book, I would still be writing stories. Votes: 0

Sometimes stories cry out to be told in such loud voices that you write them just to shut them up. Votes: 0

I can't remember a time when I didn't write or make up stories, because it seemed to come with reading. Votes: 0

At a certain moment, I decided to write a story. I had no more small children to tell them stories. Votes: 0

I mostly write short stories. They are best written in a continuous creative process. You have a feel of immediacy. Votes: 0

People say I make up wild stories. But all I have to do is write down stuff that really happens. Votes: 0

Writing is my number one passion. I've written two novels. I've written a screenplay. I also write short stories and poetry. Votes: 0

The multilevel, the conscious and the unconscious, is natural when I write scripts, when I come up with ideas and stories. Votes: 0

The stories I write are often literal to events that have happened or observations that I've made, and sometimes they're fantastical. Votes: 0

I write from real life. I am an unrepentant eavesdropper and a collector of stories. I record bits of overheard dialogue. Votes: 0

I think if everyone would write down the funny stories from their own childhoods, the world would be a better place. Votes: 0

Writing a novel is actually searching for victims. As I write I keep looking for casualties. The stories uncover the casualties. Votes: 0

Read a lot. Read broadly... Tell stories to your friends, and pay attention to when they get bored... Write a lot. Votes: 0

I don't think you can write - at least not well - if you don't love stories, love the written word. Votes: 0

I write as a matter of need - seven books and God knows how many short stories before anyone published me. Votes: 0

You have to want to write and like to write. Sit down at that desk or machine or laptop and tell stories. Votes: 0

I think because I write so many short stories, it's not that hard to come up with characters that are not me. Votes: 0

I have some other novels I want to write. I have a lot of short stories - I love the short story. Votes: 0

If you can tell stories, create characters, devise incidents, and have sincerity and passion, it doesn't matter a damn how you write. Votes: 0

When people write to me with stories, they are never ones that work for me. There's something mysterious about which ones catch you. Votes: 0

My grandchildren will be making money from the stories I write and sell as eBooks because they will continue to be making money. Votes: 0

I want to do film and TV. I want to make good stories. I want to write; I want to be more involved. Votes: 0

You own everything that happened to you. Tell your stories. If people wanted you to write warmly about them, they should've behaved better. Votes: 0

If you write a hundred short stories and they're all bad, that doesn't mean you've failed. You fail only if you stop writing. Votes: 0

I'll give you the whole secret to short story writing. Here it is. Rule 1: Write stories that please yourself. There is no Rule 2. Votes: 0

I just do the best I can and write something interesting, to tell stories in an interesting way and move forward from there. Votes: 0

The only thing that infuriates me is that I have more unwritten stories in me than I can conceivably write in a lifetime. Votes: 0

Every story I've written was written because I had to write it. Writing stories is like breathing for me; it is my life. Votes: 0

I started writing about New York as soon as I arrived. I was 19. I used to write short stories and send them out. Votes: 0

You either have an imaginative mind or you don't. All of my writing is God-given. I don't write my stories - they write themselves. Votes: 0

You own everything that happened to you. Tell your stories. If people wanted you to write warmly about them, they should have behaved better. Votes: 0

If you can't write like New York, you have no business living in New York and making New York the locale of your stories. Votes: 0

Children can't help but create: they need to put their mind on the page, they want to paint, to sculpt, to write short stories. Votes: 0

Young artists must pave their way to Art by drawing pictures for magazine stories that young authors write to pave their way to Literature. Votes: 0

The only way, I think, to learn to write short stories is to write them, and then try to discover what you have done. Votes: 0

I've always been a Batman fan, and I've always wanted to draw and write the sort of stories that I've always loved about Batman. Votes: 0

I like to write adventure stories; that's what I tell myself. But you can't help letting your own personality, your own experiences, slip through. Votes: 0

The real fear isn't rejection, but that there won't be enough time in your life to write all the stories that you have in you. Votes: 0

It takes me three or four years to research and write each book and the individual stories stay with you for a long time afterwards. Votes: 0

I have stories that I'd like to maybe one day consider directing, but you need a lot of time to write and put it together. Votes: 0

I have written a great many stories and I still don't know how to go about it except to write it and take my chances. Votes: 0

I have to write for everyone. What really fascinates me is how you make films or make stories that can genuinely be shared by different groups. Votes: 0

I believe all stories are love stories, and there are kinds and kinds of love, so I will always write about love, but not necessarily romance. Votes: 0

We all now tell stories by cutting from one dramatic scene to the next, whereas Victorian novelists felt free to write long passages of undramatic summary. Votes: 0

I've always loved sister stories in fiction, from the time I was little, reading about Beezus and Ramona. I've always wanted to write a sister story. Votes: 0

I think a lot of the way that I try to write my stories come from watching my mom write plays and trying to do that. Votes: 0

I just come up with the stories and write them as well as I can. There's not really a great deal of strokey-beard thinking going on. Votes: 0

I write all the time. I do artwork that's part of a diary, and I write short stories to go with them pretty much every day. Votes: 0

But at the same time, I have trouble keeping things out of books, which is why I don't write short stories because they turn into novels. Votes: 0

I cannot write as well as some people; my talent is in coming up with good stories about lawyers.That is what I am good at. Votes: 0

No song or poem will bear my mother's name. Yet so many of the stories that I write, that we all write, are my mother's stories. Votes: 0

You know," King said, "I'm not much good at telling stories. That sounds like a paradox, but it's not; it's the reason I write them down. Votes: 0

Poe was the first writer to write about main characters who were bad guys or who were mad guys, and those are some of my favorite stories, Votes: 0

Aside from the Rizzoli & Isles books, there are many other stories I want to write. The question is whether I'll live long enough to write them all! Votes: 0

Obituaries were among my favorite to write because they have elements no other news stories have - a story from start to finish with a proper conclusion. Votes: 0

I write on sacred stories, symbols and rituals of all cultures - European, American and Chinese - but my audiences, typically, like me to focus on India. Votes: 0

I see things, that's all. Write enough stories and every shadow on the floor looks like a footprint; every line in the dirt like a secret message. Votes: 0

I love being a writer-director. I couldn't imagine directing without writing it. You have to write and tell your stories - that's what directing is to me. Votes: 0

I know that to write you have to have stories you want to tell. You have to keep your mind alive, and you have to work hard. Votes: 0

You list the dead. You tell the stories of the past. You write about the catastrophes and the massacres. What about the living, Finnikin? Who honors them? Votes: 0

I write human stories. I write about people. Not as a product of their environment. But from the stance that everybody is made of the same thing. Votes: 0

I think that sense of unreality inspired me to write the story within the book that [August] Brill tells himself, one of the stories he tells himself. Votes: 0

I do write a lot of prose. It's not disciplined enough yet that it's actually become stories, or short stories. The idea of writing a novel seems impossible. Votes: 0

Don't outline your stories. A lot of fiction workshops say you should. I say the opposite. I quote Grace Paley: "We write what we don't know we know." Votes: 0

I think I'll always want to write and direct. I'm interested in producing and helping other people tell stories. But I'm still in love with writing and directing. Votes: 0

I never get sick of writing my own stories because there's a certain comfort in knowing you will never run out of material. It's relaxing, actually, to write. Votes: 0

One of the reasons I began to write was because I wanted stories for my children where the characters spoke as they did and had similar life experiences. Votes: 0

If somebody gave you several thousand dollars and nothin' to do but write, would you be a writer then? Would you tell your stories, your family's stories, then? Votes: 0

I read a lot of autobiographical stories, and I write plays and prose. And I play piano and cello. A lot of my downtime is devoted to that. Votes: 0

It's taken me 15 years to feel I might be able to write and publish short stories, and for the assiduous checks of the industry to allow some through. Votes: 0

…my life has been a remarkable one. Maybe one day someone will write a book about me . . .” "I’ve never much cared for horror stories. Votes: 0

When you write a novel you have to live with the characters for a long time. So I prefer short stories. I never wrote anything more than 250 pages. Votes: 0

The books I write because I want to read them, the games because I want to play them, and stories I tell because I find them exciting personally. Votes: 0

There are only two kinds of books which you can write and be pretty sure you're going to make a living — cook books and detective stories. Votes: 0

I just started to write because I was fed up of not seeing the stories that I wanted, so I was like 'Stop moaning and write something.' Votes: 0

Semi-facetiously, when people ask me why I write these kinds of stories, I simply say that I was warped as a child. And, there is some truth to that. Votes: 0

I don't think I'd have the stamina, skill or ability to write a novel, but I'd love to write short stories and poetry, because those are my two passions. Votes: 0

I wanted to write at school - to write funny stories which the teacher might ask me to read out to the class. It's all basically about showing off. Votes: 0

It might be more difficult because you haven't got a book or a prop, but for the most part I like to write unpaid... initially and my own stories. Votes: 0

You know, I'm trying to sometimes sit down and write some stories about my childhood and maybe one when I'm an old lady put them out like a book. Votes: 0

When people ask, "Is there any advice you'd give a young writer?," I say write short stories. They afford lots of failure. Pastiche is a great way to start. Votes: 0

I write short stories when a little idea occurs to me, that I know isn't a part of a novel that will stand by itself and should be concentrated. Votes: 0

I've loved thrillers and spy stories since I was a kid. It's probably not a bad rule of thumb to write the kinds of stories you love to read. Votes: 0

It's weird. People want you to know that they write. They want you to know they're a musician, rather than making music or making stories. It's the strangest thing. Votes: 0

The type of stories I write are about young people grappling with the biggest problems in their lives, often problems that are bigger than they're actually capable of solving. Votes: 0