Rachel Cohn Quotes

I see myself as anybody, as everybody; I'm not just telling the story of my life to give the reader a picture of who I am.

There is only one type of story in the world-your story.

A human being is nothing but a story with skin around it.

Everybody - every single person - has a story. Find yours and tell it in your voice.

In life, finding a voice is speaking and living the truth. Each of you is an original. Each of you has a distinctive voice. When you find it, your story will be told. You will be heard.

There is no story that is you or that leads to you. Every story leads away from you.

I wanted to seem completely invisible but whenever you're saying someone else's words and relaying the story of someone else's life, it's not you.

Everyone has a story.

There's nothing particularly unique about my experiences except that they're my experiences.

Listening to others does not mean you should sound like them; find your own voice by telling stories as authentically as possible.

Everybody has their own story - it's who you are. If I wasn't five-foot, I wouldn't be who I am!

I think all artists have a different story to tell, and no story is the same.

It's not just that everyone has a story. It's that everyone has a thousand stories. Everyone is infinite.

Covers are always so fun to do, but there's nothing like telling your own story.

I like to tell my own story using my personality and my insight, the way I see things.

My style is raw; my style is '95. My style is what I live. My style is my story.

I didn't get jobs because when I went into the audition, I tried to be somebody else. I had to realize, what I can actually bring to the table is unique. No one else has experienced what I've experienced; no one else has walked in my shoes.

You must give your own story to the world.

Any man's life, told truly, is a novel.

What do you know about yourself? What are your stories? The ones you tell yourself, and the ones told by others. All of us begin somewhere. Though I suppose the truth is that we begin more than once; we begin many times. Over and over, we start our own tales, compose our own stories, whether our lives are short or long. Until at last all our beginnings come down to just one end, and the tale of who we are is done.

It's so horrible to realize you're just the same as everyone else, isn't it?

I'm just always making things that are personal but hopefully also inspiring, and share not just my story, but other people's stories.

I've always known who I am. I might not work perfectly, or be like them, but that's okay. I know I work in my own way.

Every story you tell is your own story.

Story is about originality, not duplication