#tori

I wanted to write stories for myself. At first it was purely an aesthetic thing about craft. I just wanted to become good at the art of something. And writing was very private. ↗

— Amy Tan

#aesthetic #art #become #craft #first

I'm really interested in stories about identity - who I am now versus who I used to be. ↗

— Seth Gordon

#am #i #i am #identity #interested

The revolution in Russia was victorious with the help of the poor peasants. This should always be borne in mind here in Western Europe and all the world over. But the workers in Western Europe stand alone: this should never be forgotten in Russia. ↗

— Herman Gorter

#always #borne #europe #forgotten #help

There's not a lot of stories for women told by women in a very real, true voice. ↗

— Heather Graham

#real #stories #told #true #very

If we get you in the early years of your life and we fill your head with all of the Catholic stories, then it's very hard for you to stop being Catholic. Catholics are Catholics because they like being Catholic. ↗

— Andrew Greeley

#being #catholic #catholics #early #fill

My responsibility is to try to tell true stories. To me a true story is always hopeful, but never simply, uncomplicatedly happy. ↗

— John Green

#happy #hopeful #me #never #responsibility

I'm not an artist. I tell inappropriate stories and jokes and I try to make people laugh. ↗

— Kathy Griffin

#i #inappropriate #jokes #laugh #make

I think a big part of our attraction to sport movies are the stories contained within the sports. ↗

— Rachel Griffiths

#big #contained #i #i think #movies

Twenty years on, the books are still fun to write and I've still got lots of stories I want to tell, mainly about social injustice and people chewed up by the system. ↗

— John Grisham

#books #chewed #fun #got #i

We are extremely private, and we really got sort of ambushed by the notoriety. ↗

— John Grisham

#got #notoriety #private #really #sort