As we grow older, our bodies get shorter and our anecdotes longer.
Not that the story need be long, but it will take a long while to make it short. [; November 16, 1857]
The stories shatter. Or you wear them out or leave them behind. Over time the story of the memory loses its power. Over time you become someone else. Only when the honey turns to dust are you free.
The gift of knowledge is empowering, but the gift of wisdom is life-changing.
Art is everywhere.
Academics have given up trying to recover an honest picture of the past and have decided that their history-writing should be simply an instrument of moral hand-wringing.
The most powerful words in English are, Tell me a story.
With grace and beauty, feel.
The more you read, the more you write, and the more you free yourself to do so, the better writer you will become.
Love your story.
The story becomes clearer with time.
IN THE END, THE JOURNEY OF THE STORY BEGINS
Asking storytellers to be genuine is like, asking a chain smoker to quit smoking . Habit of lying isn't easy to fix. Pretend as believing is like selling cigarettes. What else we could do, if we want...
God is an author, and we are His best story.
Love is the miracle of life.
Doubt: How can I know? Truth: How can you not?
When someone is mean to me, I just make them a victim in my next book.
Today abstraction is no longer that of the map, the double, the mirror, or the concept. Simulation is no longer that of a territory, a referential being or substance. It is the generation by models of...
Stories live in your blood and bones, follow the seasons and light candles on the darkest night-every storyteller knows she or he is also a teacher..
Storytelling has been around since men and women were first created. Stories give meaning to life and provide people with history, information, and entertainment.
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