Don't write about a character. Become that character, and then write your story. Votes: 4
Ethan CaninEvery life has a purpose. Share your story and you may help someone find their own. Votes: 4
Demi LovatoIf you're going to tell stories about life, you have to include a woman in your story. Votes: 4
Evangeline LillyI'm pretty ruthless about that; I think when you sign over your story, you sign over your story. Votes: 4
Rachel GriffithsHow well you tell your story determines how well your customers tell your story. Votes: 3
Simon MainwaringWhen you create something that connects, your story will travel faster than ever before. Votes: 3
Jeremy GutscheTell your story to inspired other people to rise up and live their dreams. Votes: 3
Lailah Gifty AkitaAnd remember, it's always her fault. That's your story and you're sticking to it. Votes: 3
Sherry ArgovBy coming forward and sharing your story, you don't know the countless lives you change. Votes: 3
Mariska HargitayTell your story. That's the secret of immortality. The one true way to live forever. Votes: 3
Brad MeltzerFocus on sharing your story and affecting the people that are hungry for your light. Votes: 3
Kathryn BudigAs a writer you can and should expect to hear conflicting responses to your story. Votes: 3
John DufresneTell your story because your story will heal you and it will heal someone else. Votes: 3
Iyanla VanzantOnce you know you are worthy and your story is worthy, you fight for other stories. Votes: 3
Jedidiah JenkinsIf you want a happy ending, that depends, of course, on where you stop your story. Votes: 3
Orson WellesDon't ask your readers to admire your words when you want them to believe your story. Votes: 3
Ben BovaWho lives inside your head? The hero of your story OR The victim of someone else's? Votes: 3
Tony CurlIf you start thinking about being likable you are not going to tell your story honestly. Votes: 3
Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieDon't wait around for someone else to tell your story. Do it yourself by whatever means necessary. Votes: 3
Lena DunhamI think striking the right tone for your story is, if you like, the alchemical work of writing. Votes: 3
Julia LeighWhen you are telling your story, hold your own ink pen. Don't let anybody else tell your story. Votes: 3
Tracy MartinThe only thing keeping you from what you want is your story about why you can't have it. Votes: 3
Tony RobbinsI believe in the dull lie - make your story boring enough and no one will question it. Votes: 3
Sara ParetskyThe dream is you never giving up on your story because no one else can play your part. Votes: 3
Jamie TworkowskiA novel, in the end, is a container, a shape which you are trying to pour your story into. Votes: 3
Helen DunmoreIf your life were a book, and you were the author, how would you want your story to go? Votes: 3
Amy PurdyI wanted you to thank you for being my friend and letting me play a part in your story. Votes: 3
Christopher PikeWho brings out the champion in you?Those that help you be the hero of your story, keep them close. Votes: 3
Tony CurlHow do you know that you are not part of a book? That someone's not reading your story right now? Votes: 3
Jodi PicoultWe have a rule in our franchise that there is no canon. You as a player decide what your story is. Votes: 3
Casey HudsonA story is open-ended. A story invites you into it to make your own meaning. Votes: 2
Katherine PatersonYour face tells a story and it shouldn't be a story about your drive to the doctor's office. Votes: 2
Julia RobertsYou must become the producer, director and actor in the unfolding story of your life. Votes: 1
Wayne DyerYou're far from this. This story is just another few hundred pages of your mind. Votes: 0
Markus ZusakThe choice you make, between hating and forgiving, can become the story of your life. Votes: 0
Gregory David RobertsThere's always the chance you could die right in the middle of your life story. Votes: 0
Chuck PalahniukI long to hear the story of your life, which must captivate the ear strangely. Votes: 0
William ShakespeareHaving to call your customer service department is like falling off a six story building. Votes: 0
Jon JonesYou are writing the story of your only life every single minute of every day. Votes: 0
Katherine CenterYou have to be really open to your acting partners and believe in the story. Votes: 0
Rachel McAdamsThe story fails but your faith in the importance of doing the story doesn't fail. Votes: 0
Alice MunroYou must become the producer, director and actor in the unfolding story of your life. Votes: 0
Wayne W. DyerWhen you change your NOW story, you instantly change your past story and your future story. Votes: 0
Robert G. AllenWriting your own story around the same ideas is not plagiarism; at worst, it's being unoriginal. Votes: 0
Charles StrossWhen shooting a story about someone, their hands should always be on your list to shoot. Votes: 0
Joe McNallyLiving is not the story of your life. Living is the process of experiencing right now. Votes: 0
Werner ErhardIt's like your batteries get low, and you need to charge them on someone else's story. Votes: 0
Margaret ChoThe story of your life is really the story of the relations between yourself and God. Votes: 0
Emmet FoxYou've got to tell a story, paint a vision, know your metrics and sell, sell, sell. Votes: 0
Mitch HarperFind the key emotion; this may be all you need know to find your short story. Votes: 0
F. Scott FitzgeraldIt's easier to be a character in a story than the star of your own tragedy. Votes: 0
Jonathan MaberryYour first obligation as a writer is to tell the truth and to tell a good story. Votes: 0
Lena WaitheDon't be sorry, Callie,' he says with a heavy-hearted sigh. 'You have your own sad story. Votes: 0
Jessica SorensenYou're encouraged to pitch your own story. That way, you'll have more control over what you do. Votes: 0
Rob CorddryDon't write too much. Concentrate your sweat on one story, rather than dissipate it over a dozen. Votes: 0
Jack LondonThink of the funniest story from your life. Chances are, it was something awful at the time. Votes: 0
Gina BarrecaYou may do this, I tell you, it is permitted. Begin again the story of your life. Votes: 0
Jane HirshfieldDraw your chair up close to the edge of the precipice and I'll tell you a story. Votes: 0
F. Scott FitzgeraldYour past is just a story. And once you realize this it has no power over you. Votes: 0
Chuck PalahniukOnce you realize your past is just a story, it no longer has any power over you. Votes: 0
Robert TewWith the story of your life, you dont get to write the whole book, just your character. Votes: 0
Olivia MunnI am writing graffiti on your body. I am drawing the story of how hard we tried. Votes: 0
Ani DiFrancoFigure out what is real for you. No use leaning on someone else's story all your life. Votes: 0
Shannon HalePeople want to join a great story. If you want to lead, tell one with your life. Votes: 0
Donald MillerTry pitching a story of happiness to your editors and their toes are going to curl up. Votes: 0
Jim CraceWe are Living in the Last Chapters of LifeFind Your Purpose and make it the Best Story possible. Votes: 0
Randa Manning-JohnsonIf you're going to have someone win because of their story, go write a screenplay about your life. Votes: 0
Miley CyrusThere are always four sides to a story: your side, their side, the truth and what really happened. Votes: 0
Jean-Jacques RousseauThe story of getting there is greater than the story of being there. Wherever your there might be. Votes: 0
Chris BurkmennIf you're here right now in your life, your journey continues and you've lived to tell the story. Votes: 0
Mary J. BligeLead with a personal story. Give your audience a way to connect and show you're a real person. Votes: 0
Michael HyattWhenever you think that your needs are not being met, youâre telling the story of a future Votes: 0
Byron KatieYour future is your own again. And I consider that to be a happy ending to the story. Votes: 0
Lisa MangumEven when things are at their worst, there's a little voice in your head saying, 'Good story!' Votes: 0
Salman RushdieWe're saying the story doesn't end here, that the air in your lungs is there for a reason. Votes: 0
Jamie TworkowskiIf you don't turn your life into a story, you just become a part of someone else's story. Votes: 0
Terry PratchettIn some way there is no real life. It's always the story of your life that you're living. Votes: 0
Aleksandar HemonBecause here's the thing about a book: when you pick up a story, you put down your own. Votes: 0
Holly SmaleA photographer is like a writer... you're writing with your lens so make sure you tell a good story. Votes: 0
Habib Umar bin HafizIf you're not the hero of your talent story, you simply become a player in one you didn't choose. Votes: 0
Jay PerryDress for the story that you'd like to have people know about you before you even open your mouth. Votes: 0
Rachel RoyWORK ON YOUR STORY! He/she who has the best story wins! In life! In business! The White House! Votes: 0
Tom PetersIf you're not the hero of your talent story, you simply become a player in one you didn't choose. Votes: 0
Jermanne PerryIf you are not the hero of your own story, then you're missing the whole point of your humanity. Votes: 0
Steve MaraboliBetter to have a small role in God's story than to cast yourself as the lead in your own fiction. Votes: 0
lecraeYour only responsibility as a writer is to be true to the story that has chosen you as its writer. Votes: 0
Jean LittleWe all live in suspense from day to day; in other words, you are the hero of your own story. Votes: 0
Mary McCarthyYou'd tell the world what your best friend wore to sleep if you thought it made a good enough story. Votes: 0
Patricia BriggsTo know there is a better story for your life and to choose something other is like choosing to die. Votes: 0
Donald MillerIf you write one story, it may be bad; if you write a hundred, you have the odds in your favor. Votes: 0
Edgar Rice BurroughsFor me a film is at its best when you can start filling in the story with your own life experience. Votes: 0
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