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Stories Quotes - Page 132

Stories aren’t about things. Stories are things.

"Don’t Write What You Know". www.theatlantic.com. August 2011.

People sing each other's songs and they cultivate standards. That's the reason why we have folk music and folk stories. History is told through song.

"Brandi Carlile on Her New Live Album, Admiration for Elton John and Thoughts on Lady Gaga". Interview with Lesley Goldberg, www.hollywoodreporter.com. May 2, 2011.

One reason to fashion a story is to lift a grudge.

Bobbie Ann Mason (2013). “Clear Springs: A Memoir”, p.385, Random House

Stories change people while statistics give them something to argue about.

"The Power of Words: Revising the Doctor-Patient Relationship" by Bernie Siegel, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 23, 2010.

Nietzsche said that everyone tells themselves the story of their life. That's true about countries, too. We're constantly telling ourselves the American story.

"We Love America, and You Should, Too". Interview With James West, Ben Dreyfuss, www.motherjones.com. July 3, 2015.

This story about good food begins in a quick-stop convenience market.

Barbara Kingsolver (2010). “Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: Our Year of Seasonal Eating”, p.1, Faber & Faber

Dig into almost every overnight success story and you’ll find about a decade’s worth of hard work and perseverance.

Austin Kleon (2014). “Show Your Work!: 10 Ways to Share Your Creativity and Get Discovered”, p.47, Workman Publishing

Reports by Politico, Bloomberg and other news outlets have raised inconsistencies in Melania Trump's immigration story.

"Inconsistencies Call Melania Trump's Immigration Story Into Question". "All Things Considered" with Audie Cornish, www.npr.org. August 5, 2016.

I tell it stories now and then and feed it images like honey. I will not speculate today with poems that think they're money.

Anne Sexton (1978). “Words for Dr. Y.: uncollected poems with three stories”, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH)