A good story should provoke discussion, debate, argument...and the occasional bar fight.

<i>Stories are important,</i> the monster said. <i>They can be more important than anything. If they carry the truth.</i>

A story is about significant events and memorable moments, not about time passing.

A good story is a good story no matter who wrote it.

A story must be exceptional enough to justify its telling. We storytellers are all ancient mariners, and none of us is justified in stopping wedding guests, unless he has something more unusual to relate than the ordinary experiences of every average man and woman.

But narrative is the oldest and most compelling method of holding someone’s attention; everybody wants to be told a story.

A story is no small thing.

Correct is fine. But it is better to be interesting.

Fiction is often the best fact.

Have a story. And make sure it’s a good one. A DAMN good one.

Make it interesting and it will be true: this is what story writers live by.

Good story' means something worth telling that the world wants to hear. Finding this is your lonely task...But the love of a good story, of terrific characters and a world driven by your passion, courage, and creative gifts is still not enough. Your goal must be a good story well told.

Never neglect the charms of narrative for the human heart.

The beautiful and the good are never forgotten, they live always in story or in song.