Quotes by Anecdotes Anecdotes don't make good stories. Generally I dig down underneath them so far that the story that finally comes out is not what people thought their anecdotes were about. Alice Munro anecdoteswritingpeople Sometimes I get the start of a story from a memory, an anecdote, but that gets lost and is usually unrecognizable in the final story. Alice Munro anecdoteswritingmemories One of the most intriguing things in management and in business is the role of storytelling - people need the anecdotes to do the work that they do. Anita Roddick anecdotespeopleneeds If you have an anecdote from one source, you file it away. If you hear it again, it may be true. Then the more times you hear it the less likely it is to be true. Anthony Holden anecdotesliteratureloss Good writing is about finding and exploiting anecdotes that resonate with the reader. In storytelling, it's OK if you only make one point, as long as it's a good one. Ben Clymer anecdoteswritinglong The plural of anecdotes is not data Ben Goldacre anecdotesdata I'm not funny in person. I mean I'm really not. I'm one of those people who always screw up anecdotes. Bill Bryson anecdotesmeanpeople Life divides into amazing enjoyable times and appalling experiences that will make future amazing anecdotes. Caitlin Moran anecdotesdividesenjoyable My critique of how we deal with drugs in society is just that - that we use these anecdotes to apply to everyone and the anecdotes are not representative. Carl Hart anecdotesdruguse An essay is a work of literary art which has a minimum of one anecdote and one universal idea. Carol Bly anecdotesideasart Good anecdote--bad reality. Carrie Fisher anecdotesreality You think that what I've told you is an anecdote. But really it isn't. It's my whole life. It's the only story I have. Charles Baxter anecdotesstoriesthinking Art isn't anecdote. It's the consciousness we bring to bear in our lives. Cheryl Strayed anecdotesbearsart I'm certainly very influenced by what you would call 'contemporary headline horror,' stuff that is true crime or for one reason or another catches our attention in the media, those strange cases that we end up obsessing about. I'm always influenced by weird anecdotes and news. Dan Chaon anecdotesmediastuff The 'EU in a Nutshell' is a miscellany of facts and anecdotes about the system which rules us. It's a book you can delve into in pursuit of a particular fact, or crack open for entertainment at virtually any page. Daniel Hannan anecdotescracksbook You can't throw away years of your life because it makes a funny anecdote. David Nicholls anecdotesyears I find her anecdotes more efficacious than sheep-counting, rain on a tin roof, or alanol tablets.... you will find me and Morpheus, off in a corner, necking. Dorothy Parker anecdotesrainsheep Somewhere, there, is an analogy, in a small way, if you have the patience for it. But I guess it isn't a very good anecdote. I'm better at animal stories. Dorothy Parker anecdotesstoriesanimal Bill Pearson is definitely a man to talk to, especially in the afternoon when he's had a couple of drinks because he's got so many stories and anecdotes. Duncan Jones anecdotescouplemen Riposte of "that old lady in the anecdote who was accused by her nieces of being illogical," Logic! Good gracious! What rubbish! How can I tell what I think till I see what I say? E. M. Forster anecdotesniecethinking1234»
