A story has its purpose and its path. It must be told correctly for it to be understood.

...What happens is of little significance compared with the stories we tell ourselves about what happens. Events matter little, only stories of events affect us.

I'll tell you a secret.

Old storytellers never die.

They disappear into their own story.

It is my opinion that a story worth reading only in childhood is not worth reading even then.

Stories,' the green-eyed Sigrid said, unperturbed, 'are like prayers. It does not matter when you begin, or when you end, only that you bend a knee and say the words.

A special effect without a story is a pretty boring thing.