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Storytelling Quotes

"A writer's job is to give testimony, to bear witness to an age and the legacies of those who inhabit it."

"The only obligation to which in advance we may hold a novel without incurring the accusation of being arbitrary is that it be interesting."

"It is the tale, not he who tells it"

"If we can share our story with someone who responds with empathy and understanding, shame can't survive"

"Love is the answer to everything It's the only reason to do anything If you don't write stories you love, you'll never make it If you don't write stories that other people love, you'll never make it"

"You can have the best technology, you can have the best business model, but if the storytelling isn't amazing, it won't matter. Nobody will watch."

"Stories are the way we learn about life; our actions steer the way we move forward"

"But writing is the act of trawling the shadows to find the heart shaped glare"

"To me, fantasy should be as real as possible. I don’t buy into the notion that because it’s fantastic, it should be unrealistic"

"That's the way the whole story unfolds."

"The best experiences I've had on films are the ones where you really connect to the material and the director."

"Literature is where I go to explore the highest and lowest places in human society and in the human spirit, where I hope to find not absolute truth but the truth of the tale, of the imagination and of the heart"

"All good writing is swimming under water and holding your breath."

"The power of a writer is that he is a powerful figure in the world"

"When you are dealing with approximately two-plus hours every few years to do a story, you don’t have the luxury of having excessive screen time to explore… supporting characters"

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