#story

My weakness consists in not having a discriminating eye for the incidental --- for the externals, --- no eye for the hod of the rag-picker or the fine linen of the next mean. Next man---that's it. I have met so many men." he pursued, with momentary sadness--- "met them too with a certain, certain impact, let us say; like this fellow, for instance--- and in each case all I could see was merely a human being. A confounded democratic quality of vision which may be better than total blindness, but has been of no advantage to me-- I can assure you. Men expect one to take into account their fine linen. But I never could get up any enthusiasm about these things. Oh! It's a failing; and then comes a soft evening; a lot of men too indolent for whist-- and a story...." [p.44] ↗

— Joseph Conrad

#naivety #point-of-view #storytellers #men

Writing a story, regardless of length, begins always with a single word. ↗

— Don Roff

#length #story #word #writing #inspirational

God was never created the economy. Men found it after banished from Eden. ↗

— Toba Beta

#eden #history #truth #men

Being a writer is a good, good thing. ↗

— Shannon Hale

#books #story #writing #authority

A country of free men is not free if they are owned by somebody else. ↗

— Joseph P. Sekula

#debt #government #history #men

Stories. Character. Dialouge. Entire worlds created on the page. Worlds that could sweep you away or frighten you, make you laugh or cry. Worlds that allowed you to escape to another country or time. Worlds built piece by piece of ink and punctuation. ↗

— Jamie Michaels

#on-writing #storytelling #inspirational

Those places where sadness and misery abound are favoured settings for stories of ghosts and apparitions. Calcutta has countless such stories hidden in its darkness, stories that nobody wants to admit they believe but which nevertheless survive in the memory of generations as the only chronicle of the past. It is as if the people who inhabit the streets, inspired by some mysterious wisdom, relalise that the true history of Calcutta has always been written in the invisible tales of its spirits and unspoken curses. ↗

— Carlos Ruiz Zafón

#calcutta #chronicle-of-the-past #darkness #generations #ghosts

It's said that there's three sides to a story: yours, mine, and the truth. Check out God in Wingtip Shoes and The Prison Plumb Line to explore all three. ↗

— Yvonne J. Medley

#drama #dramadies-drama-and-comedies #fiction #inspirational #novel-lattes

The study of history requires investigation, imagination, empathy, and respect. Reverence just doesn't enter into it. ↗

— Jill Lepore

#politics #imagination

You may tell a tale that takes up residence in someone's soul, becomes their blood and self and purpose. That tale will move them and drive them and who knows that they might do because of it, because of your words. That is your role, your gift. ↗

— Erin Morgenstern

#story-teller #storytelling #your-gift #inspirational