If a storyteller worried about the facts - my dear Lucian, how could he ever get at the truth?

The store of fairy tales, that blue chamber where stories lie waiting to be rediscovered, holds out the promise of just those creative enchantments, not only for its own characters caught in its own plotlines; it offers magical metamorphoses to the one who opens the door, who passes on what was found there, and to those who hear what the storyteller brings. The faculty of wonder, like curiosity can make things happen; it is time for wishful thinking to have its due.

I'll tell you a secret.

Old storytellers never die.

They disappear into their own story.

When we want mood experiences, we go to concerts or museums. When we want meaningful emotional experience, we go to the storyteller.

A storyteller makes up things to help other people; a liar makes up things to help himself.

A thrilling story can be dull if told badly, but even the most mundane event can be elevated into a tale of epic scale by a good storyteller.