#storytelling

"There is no doubt fiction makes a better job of the truth."

"I have always held the old-fashioned opinion that the primary object of work of fiction should be to tell a story."

"Writing is something you do alone. Its a profession for introverts who want to tell you a story but don't want to make eye contact while doing it."[Thoughts from Places: The Tour, Nerdfighteria Wiki, January 17, 2012]"

"Doubt is a question mark; faith is an exclamation point. The most compelling, believable, realistic stories have included them both."

"In Paris, where raillery is so quick to throw emotion out the window, silence, in a roomful of clever people after a story, is the most flattering of all marks of success"

"I have stolen ideas from every book I have ever read."

"Read a thousand books, and your words will flow like a river."