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Young artists must pave their way to Art by drawing pictures for magazine stories that young authors write to pave their way to Literature. — O. Henry

I'll give you the whole secret to short story writing. Here it is. Rule 1: Write stories that please yourself. There is no Rule 2. — O. Henry

I found that they knew but little of the history of their race, and could be entertained by stories about their ancestors as readily as any way . — Henry David Thoreau

Carter thought the Universe was a lot like God, except that the Universe didn't have a book telling you how to be and who to hate. — Marshall Thornton

Every good story is of course both a picture and an idea, and the more they are interfused the better. — Henry James

Whatever's happening today, remember it is only ONE SCENE in a long movie. Don't treat it like it's the whole story. Keep writing the story. — Henry Cloud

There are stories in everything. I've got some of my best yarns from park benches, lampposts, and newspaper stands. — O. Henry

What's fascinated me from the time I was a little kid was the way we construct our lives through stories. — Henry Louis Gates

There are just so many stories that are buried on family trees. — Henry Louis Gates

Apparently, I am a bit of an exaggerator when I tell stories. But I don't call them lies; I say they are better, funnier truths. — Henry Zebrowski

So I sat at the kitchen table chopping the "holy trinity" of Creole cuisine - bell peppers, celery, and onions - — Rysa Walker

Always do whatever's next. — George Carlin

Still, the night feels restless underneath me — Patti Callahan Henry

My way of telling stories is kind of what I do naturally. It's no different from how I would talk to you if you were in my living room. — Henry Cho

A story with a moral appended is like the bill of a mosquito. It bores you, and then injects a stinging drop to irritate your conscience. — O. Henry

Why argue about things you can't prove? — William Ruckelshaus

Every object tells a story if you know how to read it. — Henry Ford

Wherever men have lived, there is a story to be told — Henry David Thoreau

Nobody would hire me for TV, not that they should. — Jessica Hahn

It's the stories that make my heart beat faster ... those are the ones to write about — David Henry Hwang

The stories a society tells about itself are a measure of how it values itself, the ideals of democracy, and its future. — Henry Giroux

A short story is simplification to the highest degree — Henry Seidel Canby

Stories are always braided together - one affecting the other. — Patti Callahan Henry

While the novel-writer aims at an eminently natural method of transcription, the author of the short story adopts a very artificial one — Henry Seidel Canby

In my opinion, the state of mind of a community is always directly due to the influence of the man at the top. — Agatha Christie

All fables, indeed, have their morals; but the innocent enjoy the story. — Henry David Thoreau

A good story is like a bitter pill, with the sugar coating inside of it. — O. Henry

I love being a storyteller. I love telling stories. — Henry Rollins

But as we all know, rock 'n' roll will never die, and education too, as Henry Adams always sez, keeps going on forever. — Thomas Pynchon

The way to make the best decisions is to listen to all the stories and to know them by heart and to feel them in your bones — Emily Henry

It's so cool to get to talk to fans, to find out where they're from and why they bought the records. — Isaac

Sometimes we tell our stories and sometimes our stories tell us. — Patti Callahan Henry