All Quotes By Tag: Storytelling

“The universal story is composed of segments of anxiety, disappointment, profanity, prayers, heartache, tragedy, and despair.”

“Some stories remain incomplete but they are beautiful.”

“You may tell a tale that takes up residence in someone’s soul, becomes their blood and self and purpose. That tale will move them and drive them and who knows that they might do because of it, because of your words. That is your role, your gift.”

“This is our story to tell. You’d think for all the reading I do, I would have thought about this before, but I haven’t. I’ve never once thought about the interpretative, the story telling aspect of life, of my life. I always felt like I was in a story, yes, but not like I was the author of it, or like I had any say in its telling whatsoever.”

“Most of the basic material a writer works with is acquired before the age of fifteen.”