“I believe we all have different ways we came to the gay community and we can't and shouldn't be pigeon-holed into one cultural narrative which can be uninclusive and disempowering.” WayBelieveDifferentI BelieveCommunityGayNarrativeDifferent WaysPigeonsGay Community Author:Cynthia Nixon
“I believe a good writer can write a good book with any sort of character, in any sort of setting, but I prefer to write about the outsider. It might just be because I've been one (or perceived myself to be one) for so much of my life. But the simple fact of being marginalized immediately brings conflict to a story before the narrative even begins, and that's gold for a writer because it means that your character already has depth before events begin to unfold.” WritingBelieveMeanBookCharacterFactsStoriesMightI BelieveSimpleEventsConflictGoldDepthSettingSettingsNarrativeOutsidersGood BookGood WritersMarginalized Author:Charles de Lint
“I was a narrative historian, believing more and more as I matured that the first function of the historian was to answer the child's question, "What happened next?” FirstsBelieveChildrenNextAnswersHappenedFunctionNarrativeHistorianMatured Author:A. J. P. Taylor
“Believing in fate has probably always arisen in part because of the delights and terrors of storytelling. We have to realize--to learn--that in life we are not the readers but the authors of our own narratives.” BelieveRealizingFateReaderTerrorDelightStorytellingNarrative Author:Margaret Visser