#stories

When I began going to school and learned to read, I encountered stories of other people and other lands. ↗

— Chinua Achebe

#encountered #going #i #lands #learned

I wouldn't compare myself to any past Idol contestant, because I don't feel like I am like any of them. Maybe stories are cool but my story is different from most people's story. I don't like to compare myself to other people, I like to just be me. ↗

— Naima Adedapo

#any #because #compare #contestant #cool

All stories interest me, and some haunt me until I end up writing them. Certain themes keep coming up: justice, loyalty, violence, death, political and social issues, freedom. ↗

— Isabel Allende

#coming #death #end #freedom #haunt

Tattoos are like stories - they're symbolic of the important moments in your life. Sitting down, talking about where you got each tattoo and what it symbolizes, is really beautiful. ↗

— Pamela Anderson

#beautiful #down #each #got #important

The films that I love are very straightforward stories, like really old-fashioned stuff. ↗

— Paul Thomas Anderson

#i #i love #like #love #old-fashioned

The thing I am attracted to is just good writing and stories that are based somewhat in reality. ↗

— Jennifer Aniston

#attracted #based #good #good writing #i

Lord of the Rings is a good thing for us because it opened the door for the genre in general. Le Guin's stories are very different from Lord of the Rings. ↗

— Shawn Ashmore

#because #different #door #general #genre

Individual science fiction stories may seem as trivial as ever to the blinder critics and philosophers of today - but the core of science fiction, its essence has become crucial to our salvation if we are to be saved at all. ↗

— Isaac Asimov

#core #critics #crucial #essence #ever

Though my books are written from a historical perspective, I have goon so far back that I am in the realm of prehistorical speculation rather than simple historical fact to weave my stories around. ↗

— Jean M. Auel

#around #back #books #fact #far

But on the other hand, I don't actively seek out stories or hunt them down. ↗

— Russell Banks

#down #hand #hunt #i #other