Quotes by Story Writers To survive, you must tell stories. Umberto Eco story-writers stories Short stories can be rather stark and bare unless you put in the right details. Details make stories human, and the more human a story can be, the better. V. S. Pritchett story-writers details writing There are three rules for writing a novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are. W. Somerset Maugham real-talk story-writers writing All the words I use in my stories can be found in the dictionary-it's just a matter of arranging them into the right sentences. W. Somerset Maugham story-writers matter writing «12