- Perfect
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- Nov 07, 2020
Story Quotes
Every story is worth telling well.
One line here is about recognizing a story too rarely told, another about a lasting preference for tales of the underdog and survival. For similar reflections, see our Life quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Each Time
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- Nov 07, 2020
I didn't become a good writer until I learned how to rewrite. And I don't just mean fixing spelling and adding a comma. I rewrite each of my books five or six times, and each time I change huge portions of the story.
- Animals
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- Nov 07, 2020
Funnily enough, the most danger I felt was when I did a story about exotic animals kept as pets in America.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
An author's life is different, complex, and ongoing, while a character's remains frozen in one little story.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
A story is a kind of biopsy of human life. A story is both local, specific, small, and deep, in a kind of penetrating, layered, and revealing way.
- Personal
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love songs that create moments that are very personal and that tell a story.
- American
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- Nov 07, 2020
I just got my work visa to shoot 'American Horror Story,' and my official status is 'alien with extraordinary abilities.'
- Men
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- Nov 07, 2020
'Save the Date' feels like a quiet story about two sisters and the men in their lives, kind of reminiscent of the quieter rom-coms of the 1990s; it's very character-driven and not as wedding-focused.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Everyone wants to talk about terrible breakups. Breakups are horrible, they're relatable, and people do them badly. Everyone has a story of a terrible breakup.
- Ideas
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- Nov 07, 2020
Anytime you're telling a story about monsterhood, you're playing around with ideas about otherness and alienation.
- Chance
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- Nov 07, 2020
I always loved having the chance to disappear in a story. I always was kind of obsessed with that.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
I like terrific writing, but I also like a terrific story. My favorite books have both, and they're by contemporary, commercial American writers.
- Childhood
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mother's childhood was complex, disjointed, and disturbing. As children, we would gather round and ask her to tell us again and again The Story of Her Childhood. It was Grimmsian, Andersenesque: a classic fairy tale replete with goodies and baddies.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020