Stephan James Quotes

Novels are not about expressing yourself, they're about something beautiful, funny, clever and organic. Self-expression? Go and ring a bell in a yard if you want to express yourself.

I always like to tell a story.

I'm a fan of great storytelling.

A good writer is basically a story teller, not a scholar or a redeemer of mankind.

The way I express ideas is through the plot, Suspense is an important part of expressing an idea.

Stories have a way of telling themselves.

I've always written about other artists, or I write my thoughts down, but I've never written a story.

I think in most cases, when you're writing a song, you're just making up a little story, and you're not really thinking about making a point one way or another about it. You're just coming up with a little scenario and seeing it through, and that's it.

Write your own stories.

I just want to tell great stories.

I think the most important thing when you're telling a story is to just tell the story as best as you possibly can.

I want to be a part of the stories that need to be told.

I'm a storyteller, not a prophet. I'm just interested in a good story.

I've tried to tell a story. For me, it is the best one.

No, the thing is, we all love storytelling, and as a writer you get to tell stories all the time.

Fiction is about telling a good story, first and foremost. But of course, everything I'm interested in or angry about leaks into my writing, from art to violence against women.

When I am writing anything in general, I just want to tell the story that exists in my head; I don't try to write a parable or make a point.

Any story that I can consider worth telling is one that you could tell in words.

Each book should be an entity unto itself, with its own structure, character, life, name.

A play is fiction - and fiction is fact distilled into truth.

I just want to make stories. They don't have to have a moral or a reason. There might be some mild cautionary notes, but they're not moral. They don't impart any Judeo-Christian ethic of any kind.

I see myself as a story teller.

I'm always looking for a story.

Fiction is the best way I know how to think something through.

I think of myself as a storyteller, and that is it.