#stories

Everything I've done has always been my own made up world with its own rules and its own made up stories. ↗

— Robert Rodriguez

#been #done #everything #i #made

Why do you think the old stories tell of men who set out on great journeys to impress the gods? Because trying to impress people just isn't worth the time and effort. ↗

— Henry Rollins

#effort #gods #great #impress #journeys

It's probably why I'm a short story writer. I tend to remember things in the past in narrative form, in story form, and I grew up around people who told stories all the time. ↗

— Tobias Wolff

#form #grew #i #in the past #narrative

The longer we listen to one another - with real attention - the more commonality we will find in all our lives. That is, if we are careful to exchange with one another life stories and not simply opinions. ↗

— Barbara Deming

#attention #careful #commonality #exchange #find

When I was a boy, unconsciously, spontaneously I learned the art of telling ironic stories. ↗

— Dario Fo

#boy #i #ironic #learned #spontaneously

Why the hell can't people just write nice happy stories about people having happy sex? That's what I want, and I bet a whole bunch of other people want it too. ↗

— Phil Foglio

#bet #bunch #happy #having #hell

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

— John Irving

#casualties #i #i write #keep #looking

I am always at a loss at how much to believe of my own stories. ↗

— Washington Irving

#am #believe #how #i #i am

If you look at my last songs and first short stories, there is a real connection between them. ↗

— Kazuo Ishiguro

#connection #first #last #look #real

I love stories about two people who are doing illegal things, who we really enjoy watching despite the fact that we know they are doomed in some way. ↗

— Famke Janssen

#despite #doing #doomed #enjoy #fact