Story Endings Quotes

Remember all fairy tales end at some point.

Stories end in reverie, tragedy, or forgiveness.

There is no such thing as a happy ending. I never met a single one to equal "Once upon a time.

There are only three possible endings -aren't there? - to any story: revenge, tragedy or forgiveness. That's it. All stories end like that.

Human lives seldom conform to the conventions of fiction. Chekhov says that it is in the beginnings and endings of stories that we are most tempted to lie. I know what he means, and I agree.

Have you thought of an ending?' 'Yes , several, and all are dark and unpleasant,' said Frodo. 'Oh , that won't do!' said Bilbo. 'Books ought to have good endings. How would this do: and they all settled down and lived together happily ever after?' 'It will do well, if it ever comes to that,' said Frodo.

I get tired of stories that keep going and going and never get anywhere. It's like a promise that's never fulfilled. Stories need endings. Otherwise, they aren't really stories. Just pages.

Lots of shows get cancelled, and then they never get to end their stories. It's just over.

I can't really write anything without knowing the ending. I don't know how people do that. Even with my superhero stuff, I have to know at least where I want to take the characters and what the ending of my story with them will be. I just can't structure stories or character arcs and stuff without knowing the endpoint.

After you finish a book, the story still goes on in your mind. You can never change the beginning. But you can always change the end.

Unfortunately, not all stories end positively.

The proper ending for any story about people it seems to me, since life is now a polymer in which the Earth is wrapped so tightly, should be the same abbreviation, which I now write large because I feel like it, which is this one: ETC.

I like endings that let your imagination do a lot of the work.

Sometimes the kids come up with better endings than the real story.

The metro section of the newspaper every day is full of stuff I can use. It's the greatest inspiration for me because it's full of endings. That's where the ends of stories show up.

Stories are webs, interconnected strand to strand, and you follow each story to the center, because the center is the end. Each person is a strand of the story.

With both novels and short stories, I think a lot in terms of character arcs, when it comes to endings.

Books ought to have good endings.How would this do: and they all settled down and lived together happily ever after?