#stories

Myths are stories that express meaning, morality or motivation. Whether they are true or not is irrelevant. ↗

— Michael Shermer

#irrelevant #meaning #morality #motivation #myths

When alien abductees recount to me their stories, I do not deny that they had a real experience. ↗

— Michael Shermer

#deny #experience #had #i #i do

I started writing, or rather, thinking, stories as a child, and at that time the reason was very clear. ↗

— John Sladek

#clear #i #rather #reason #started

We didn't have a phone when I was a kid, and I was too shy to smash any public phones, and our town didn't have a pool hall either, so I had to hang out at the public library - and anyway, I told myself stories. ↗

— John Sladek

#anyway #either #had #hall #hang

Frankly, I've got to admit that I'm not perfect and have made some mistakes as some of the colourful stories about me reveal. ↗

— Peter Slipper

#admit #frankly #got #i #made

Many of my short stories (all unpublished) were horror, and the novel I'd just finished was horror, too. ↗

— George Stephen

#horror #i #just #many #novel

On the other hand, now that I'm not dependent on fiction for my income, I've been writing more short stories despite the fact that there's no real paying market for short horror other than Cemetery Dance. ↗

— George Stephen

#cemetery #dance #dependent #despite #fact

The work of a psychotherapist involves being empathic and insightful with one's patients without getting too lost in their painful stories to be helpful. ↗

— Pamela Stephenson

#getting #helpful #insightful #involves #lost

Writing is hard work. Generating stories that catch people's attention and holding it are very difficult. ↗

— David Ogden Stiers

#catch #difficult #generating #hard #hard work

I like the stories with the historical themes. ↗

— Sarah Sutton

#i #like #stories #themes