Our stories are not new; yet, in the retelling we are reborn as heroes.
We mature not by years, but by stories…" Cinderella In Focus:Cindy's Secret
The silence was part of the story I wanted to tell.
The idea of just improvising and riffing can sometimes be at the expense of story.
Myth is, after all, the neverending story.
At the heart of the impulse to tell stories is a mystery so profound.
I didn't learn stories, I just absorbed them.
A story is how we construct our experiences.
I'm drawn particularly to stories that evolve out of the character of the protagonist.
I think we think in terms of stories.
I started in 1957 when I sold my first story to a magazine.
we compose our life in stories we tell ourselves
The shouting and opinion and jokes don't exist if there isn't first a story.
My grandmother told stories; she was very good at that.
Fairytales are stories that span every generation and they've been around for a long time.
I started writing stories in my spare time.
Our story is a 'once upon a time', but it's not a 'happy ever after'.
Urgl: There's no fool like an old fool!
[Preparing for the toy mutiny] Woody: Wind the frog!
We all like stories that make us cry. It's so nice to feel sad when you've nothing in particular to feel sad about.
Of course the success of A Boy's Own Story took me utterly off guard.
