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Writing Stories Quotes

...writing stories was always a bit like falling in love with a stranger and running off to Marrakech for a long weekend. It didn't have to be successful to be thrilling. Ann Patchett
Cornelia Funke quote: "Writing stories is a kind of magic, too."
Writing stories is a kind of magic, too. Cornelia Funke
Cornelia Funke quote: "Writing stories is a type of magic too."
Writing stories is a type of magic too. Cornelia Funke
I find writing novels a challenge, writing stories a joy. If writing novels is like planting a forest, then writing short stories is more like planting a garden. Haruki Murakami
When I write an original story I write about people I know first-hand and situations I'm familiar with. I don't write stories about the nineteenth century. Satyajit Ray
Ray Bradbury quote: "Every story I've written was written because I had to write..."
Every story I've written was written because I had to write it. Writing stories is like breathing for me; it is my life. Ray Bradbury
I'll give you the whole secret to short story writing. Here it is. Rule 1: Write stories that please yourself. There is no Rule 2. O. Henry
Eric Brown quote: "I think it's a short story writer's duty, as well as writing..."
I think it's a short story writer's duty, as well as writing well about emotions and characters, to write story. Eric Brown
Love is the answer to everything. It's the only reason to do anything. If you don't write stories you love, you'll never make it. If you don't write stories that other people love, you'll never make it. Ray Bradbury
According to Chekhov," Tamaru said, rising from his chair, "once a gun appears in a story, it has to be fired."Meaning what?"Meaning, don't bring unnecessary props into a story. If a pistol appears, it has to be fired at some point. Chekhov liked to write stories that did away with all useless ornamentation. Haruki Murakami
Francie was ten years old when she first found an outlet in writing. What she wrote was of little consequence. What was important was that the attempt to write stories kept her straight on the dividing line between truth and fiction. If she had not found this outlet in writing, she might have grown up to be a tremendous liar. Betty Smith
People ask me if there are going to be stories of Harry Potter as an adult. Frankly, if I wanted to, I could keep writing stories until Harry is a senior citizen, but I don't know how many people would actually want to read about a 65 year old Harry still at Hogwarts playing bingo with Ron and Hermione. J. K. Rowling
Edgar Rice Burroughs quote: "If people were paid for writing rot such as I read in some of..."
If people were paid for writing rot such as I read in some of those magazines that I could write stories just as rotten. Edgar Rice Burroughs
I want to write stories that are different from the ones I've written so far, Junpei thought: I want to write about people who dream and wait for the night to end, who long for the light so they can hold the ones they love. But right now I have to stay here and keep watch over this woman and this girl. I will never let anyone-not anyone-try to put them into that crazy box- not even if the sky should fall or the earth crack open with a roar. Haruki Murakami
Ivanov had been a party member since 1902. Back then he had tried to write stories in the manner of Tolstoy, Chekhov, Gorky, or rather he had tried to plagiarize them without much success, which led him, after long reflection (a whole summer night), to the astute decision that he should write in the manner of Odoevsky and Lazhechnikov. Fifty percent Odoevsky and fifty percent Lazhecknikov. This went over well, in part because readers, their memories mostly faulty, had forgotten poor Odoevsky... Roberto Bolano

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