#stories

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

— Jhumpa Lahiri

#first #give #i #myself #number

The histories which we have of the great tragedy give no idea of the general wretchedness, the squalid misery, which entered into every individual life in the region given up to the war. Where the armies camped the destruction was absolute. ↗

— Rebecca Harding Davis

#armies #camped #destruction #entered #every

I write short stories, and I wrote a play. ↗

— Rita Dove

#i write #play #short #short stories #stories

I've been taking longer to write stories lately. ↗

— Greg Egan

#i #lately #longer #stories #taking

Rather than doing the kind of fact-checking that normally goes with a story, you ran with certain stories for not wanting to get beat. There's a pressure that exists in your profession. I would be surprised in any honest exchange that you say that doesn't exist. ↗

— Rahm Emanuel

#beat #certain #doing #exchange #exist

My mother wanted us to understand that the tragedies of your life one day have the potential to be comic stories the next. ↗

— Nora Ephron

#day #life #mother #next #one day

Television's not going read stories to you. ↗

— Kurt Loder

#read #stories #television #you

I live in New York City, the stories of my films take place in New York; I'm a New York filmmaker. ↗

— Spike Lee

#filmmaker #films #i #live #new

There are some truths to some of the stories, but a lot of it isn't - you just have got to let it go. ↗

— Charlotte Church

#got #just #lot #some #stories

I have such a rich fantasy life, I can't help it. I do make up a lot of romantic stories in my head. ↗

— Mindy Kaling

#head #help #i #i do #life