“I think my first general rule is that most of my experiences are not that interesting. It's usually other people's experiences. It's not that entirely conscious. Somebody tells me a story or, you know, repeats an anecdote that somebody else told them and I just feel like I have to write it down so I don't forget - that means for me, something made it fiction-worthy. Interesting things never happen to me, so maybe two or three times when they do, I have to use them, so I write them down.” PeopleThinkingKnowsFeelsWritingFirstsMeanMadeTwoStoriesUseHappensThreeForgetInterestingFictionConsciousWorthyMade ItRepeatsThree TimesInteresting ThingsAnecdotes Author:Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
“After a person dies, his biographers feel free to give him a glittering list of intimate friends. Anecdotes are so much tastier spiced with expensive names.” GivingFeelsPersonsDiesNamesListsIntimateExpensiveAnecdotesBiographersIntimate Friends Author:Louise Brooks
“I'm certainly very influenced by what you would call 'contemporary headline horror,' stuff that is true crime or for one reason or another catches our attention in the media, those strange cases that we end up obsessing about. I'm always influenced by weird anecdotes and news.” EndsReasonStuffAttentionCasesMediaCrimeStrangeHorrorNewsContemporaryHeadlinesAnecdotesObsessing Author:Dan Chaon
“I am basically the sort of person who has stage-fright teaching. I kind of creep into a classroom. I'm not an anecdote-teller, either, although I often wish I were.” KindPersonsWishTeachingStageClassroomCreepsFrightAnecdotesStage Fright Author:Lydia Davis
“Why should I ever get fed up talking about my father? He was a brilliant, colorful man who left us with thousands of memories. Most people remember his films, but I've got anecdotes and advice and episodes of real life tucked away inside my head.” PeopleMenShouldRealRememberFilmFatherLeftMemoriesTalkingAdviceBrilliantReal LifeFedsEpisodesShould IColorfulFed UpAnecdotes Author:Danny Huston