“When I was eight years old, I wrote a paragraph-long short story about a goat on my mother's hundred-pound, black-and-white-screen laptop. The story came about largely because I liked the way the word 'goat' looked on the page, but I decided then and there that I wanted to be a writer. That desire never changed.” WayYearsLongStoriesWantedMotherDesireBlackWhiteChangedPagesHundredDecidedEightScreensPoundsShort StoryBlack And WhiteNever ChangeGoatsParagraphLaptops Author:Tea Obreht
“All I dreamed about Dr. Jekyll was that one man was being pressed into a cabinet, when he swallowed a drug and changed into another being. I awoke and said at once that I had found the missing link for which I had been looking so long, and before I went again to sleep almost every detail of the story, as it stands, was clear to me. Of course, writing it was another thing.” MenWritingLongSaidStoriesCoursesFoundSleepClearMissingChangedDrugDetailsOne ManLinksDrsCabinetsJekyll Book:The complete short stories Source: The complete short stories
“When you look at a person, any person, everyone has a story. Everyone has gone through something that has changed their life. Anxiety, depression and panic attacks are not signs of weakness. They are signs of trying to remain strong for way too long.” WayTryingLooksPersonsLongStoriesStrongGoneChangedAnxietyWeaknessPanicPanic AttacksEveryone Has A StoryAnxiety Depression Author:Deepika Padukone
“The gospel is not just the illustration (even the best illustration) of an idea. It is the story of actions by which the human situation is irreversibly changed.” HumansIdeasStoriesActionSituationChangedIllustration Book:The Gospel in a Pluralist Society Source: The Gospel in a Pluralist Society
“End-of-the-world stories tend to ring true. I've always been drawn to them, but as I wrote my own, I found surprising pleasure in creating a world that is so radically changed, yet where there's so much meaning and value in every small and ordinary thing we have, and take for granted: hot showers, enough food, friends, routines.” WorldEndsEnoughStoriesValuesFoundMy OwnPleasureChangedCreatingOrdinaryHotRingsGrantedSurprisingShowersEnd Of The WorldOrdinary Things Author:Karen Thompson Walker
“We are born strangers in a strange land, and remain so. Travel simply reminds us of this essential truth. The transmission of a powerful story, one human to another, is an alchemical activity in which we are enlarged and changed.” HumansStoriesMotivationalBornPowerfulLandChangedStrangeActivityEssentialsStrangerTransmissionStranger In A Strange Land Author:Richard Halliburton
“I used to hide it but after a lot of encouragement from my friends at university, I've gained the confidence to come out with it. I am the sun from Teletubbies. There has been quite a few people pretending to be 'the sun' but only I could tell you the real story. Everyone says they can see the likeness between my face now and me as a baby. I still have a baby face. I haven't changed much either. I am still giggly.” PeopleHas BeensStillsRealStoriesFacesUsedSunHavensChangedBabyMy FriendsEncouragementUniversityPretendingReal StoryI Haven't Changed Author:Jess Smith
“Honor thy Father and thy Mother was once said, but then someone said: What if I don't know your Father? A still voice said: Does that makes him the devil? He is still someone's Father, his name has been changed, but his story is the same. Why hate when we should Celebrate. In this world of two's, you got the Mourning Son, and the Daughter of the Night. They both equal light once you make it through the night. Now, wake the funk up!” IfsKnowsWorldShouldDoeHas BeensSaidStillsTwoStoriesLightMotherNightHateFatherNamesVoiceThis WorldChangedSonHonorEqualDaughterDevilCelebrateMourningWhat IfFunk Author:Bootsy Collins
“I am a technophile, so there is no such thing as a first draft. The first draft plunges on, and about a quarter of the way through it I realise I'm doing things wrong, so I start rewriting it. What you call the first draft becomes rather like a caterpillar; it is progressing fairly slowly, but there is movement up and down its whole length, the whole story is being changed. I call this draft zero, telling myself how the story is supposed to go.” WayFirstsWholeStoriesProgressMovementChangedLengthZeroRealisingQuartersUp And DownPlungeRewritingCaterpillars Author:Terry Pratchett
“That is the American story. People, just like you, following their passions, determined to meet the times on their own terms. They weren't doing it for the money. Their titles weren't fancy. But they changed the course of history and so can you.” PeopleStoriesAmericaPassionCoursesTermChangedLike YouFollowingDeterminedTitlesFancyStory People Author:Barack Obama
“Not counting Small Steps, I think Holes is my best book, in terms of plot, and setting, and the way the story revealed itself. It hasn’t changed my life, other than that I have more money than I did before I wrote it. I’m still too close to Small Steps to compare it to Holes.” ThinkingWayStillsBookStoriesTermStepsChangedHolesSettingSettingsComparePlotMore MoneyCountingChanged My LifeSmall Steps Author:Louis Sachar