A story has value whether it's true or not.
Don't ever tell anybody anything. If you do, you start missing everybody.
(pl. ) of Story
Stories can conquer fear, you know. They can make the heart bigger.
There's always room for a story that can transport people to another place.
A story has its purpose and its path. It must be told correctly for it to be understood.
We're all on our own, aren't we? That's what it boils down to. We come into this world on our own- in Hawaii, as I did, or New York, or China, or Africa or Montana- and we leave it in the same way, on...
A special effect without a story is a pretty boring thing.
So many people can now write competent stories that the short story is in danger of dying of competence.
a story is ready when it falls from your face
Stories are meant to comfort the afflicted, and afflict the comfortable.
All mountain landscapes hold stories: the ones we read, the ones we dream, and the ones we create.-from the Editor's Note, The Alpinist (April 1, 2010)
All my stories are webs of style and none seems at first blush to contain much kinetic matter. For me style is matter.
Myths tell us what those like us have done, can do, should do. Without myths to lead the way, we hesitate to leap forward. Listen to the wrong myths, and we might even go back a few steps.
...stories break silence and nourish those who work, feel, and dream.From Costa Rica: A Traveler's Literary Companion
Stories choose us, not the other way around.
The stories we are destined to tell find us.
When you tell your story, and I listen, we both gain.
Are infinite possibilities a storyteller's worst enemy or best friend? I'd say a bit of both really and one must be grateful for this paradox.
oYu begin with other people's stories and end up with your own.
Good stories are like those noble wild animals that make their home in hidden spots, and you must often settle down at the entrance of the caves and woods and lie in wait for them a long time.
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