Quotes about Narrative

The most important story we will ever write in our life is our own -- not with ink, but with our daily choices.

The most important story we'll ever write in life is our own—not with ink, but with our daily choices.

People wrote these stories down because they found in them something that helped restore their dignity; the stories gave them a sense of identity; they helped give voice to their pain.

The Bible tells a story. A story that isn't over. A story that is still being told. A story that we have a part to play in.

He heard something? That's the best the writer can do? That's so vague. Ambiguous. Fuzzy. Exactly. Sometimes the most powerful truths in a story are the ones that are never explicitly stated.

You are the storyteller of your own life, and you can create your own legend, or not.

Life has no plot. It is by far more interesting than anything you can say about it...

President Obama is a poker player, which the media used as part of the narrative that he was more calculated and careful as a politician.

There is a famous saying: 'It's hard to be a Jew.' It's also hard to be a Palestinian. I know that.

I never try to give a message in my books. It's about living with characters long enough to hear their voices and let them tell me the story. Sometimes I would love to have a happy ending, and it doesn't happen because the character or the story leads me in another direction.

When you begin to question the narrative of yourself and inquire as to who is even doing all of this talking inside your own head, you may come to realize that you have no idea!

If you are going to have a story, have a big story, or none at all.