- Health
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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
- College
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- Nov 07, 2020
In college, I discovered the Joyce Carol Oates short story 'Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?' which is definitely one of the most incredibly unnerving, frightening short stories ever written.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Judaism is not just a religion but a people, and the food and customs of one part of the people is connected to the other part of the people. They are part of a larger story.
- Better Writer
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was a better writer when I was teaching. I was constantly going over the basics and constantly reminding myself, as I reminded my students, what made a good story, a good poem.
- Bad Guys
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wanted to do pretty much a purely boy story, yes. The girls are kind of the bad guys in 'Marble Season', although that wasn't my intention. It's also a world without adults.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
Whichever character I'm using and wherever I am in my mind dictates what kind of story I'm going to tell.
- Incredible
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- Nov 07, 2020
All of my favourite albums have this incredible amount of conceptual glue to them, even if they are not telling a story.
- Dividing
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- Nov 07, 2020
But to make a long story short, I decided that I was going to run, and I announced that I was going to run for president in Florida, I would be the favorite son from Florida, and that would stop Johnson and Kennedy from dividing up the state.
- Nov 07, 2020
The longer the president goes without telling his side of the story, the more unease there will be in the public.
- Indeed
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Odyssey is, indeed, one of the greatest of all stories, it is the original romance of the West; but the Iliad, though a magnificent poem, is not much of a story.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
Early on, a story's meaning and rationale seem pretty obvious, but then, as I write it, I realize that I know the meaning/rationale too well, which means that the reader will also know it - and so things have to be ramped up.
- Nov 07, 2020
That seems to be the definition of 'novel' for me: a story that hasn't yet discovered a way to be brief.
- First
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- Nov 07, 2020
Our efforts to preserve and protect the Alamo are first and foremost about preserving and protecting the story of the battle itself.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020