Stories may well be lies, but they are good lies that say true things, and which can sometimes pay the rent.
– Neil Gaiman
Category: Quotable
Quotable 285
We live by stories. It’s the principle by which we organize our experience.
– Tobias Wolff
Quotable 284
The more we’re governed by idiots and have no control over our destinies, the more we need to tell stories to each other about who we are, why we are, where we come from, and what might be possible.
– Alan Rickman
Quotable 283
Art stands on the shoulders of craft, which means that to get to the art, you must master the craft.
– Ann Patchett
Quotable 282
First learn to be a craftsman; it won’t keep you from being a genius.
– Eugène Delacroix
Quotable 281
To begin impatiently is the worst mistake a writer can make.
– Antony Beevor
Quotable 280
The most authentic endings are the ones which are already revolving towards another beginning.
– Sam Shepard
Quotable 279
I work on the assumption, or the fear, that the reader will stop reading if I stop being interesting.
– Clive James
Quotable 278
The real key to pacing in fiction isn’t to make events happen faster, it’s to give them more meaning so that we care.
– C. C. Finlay
Quotable 277
Writing is where you put all your reading.
– Catherine Lacey