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Story isn't a flight from reality but a vehicle that carries us on our search for reality.


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Storytelling is the most powerful way to put ideas into the world today.

Storytelling is the most powerful way to put ideas into the world today.




Life is chaotic and meaningless, and you have to find your meaning. You must find the answer, you can't just live. That's the point of story: helping you find your meaning in life.

Life is chaotic and meaningless, and you have to find your meaning. You must find the answer, you can't just live. That's the point of story: helping you find your meaning in life.



Stories are the creative conversion of life itself into a more powerful, clearer, more meaningful experience. They are the currency of human contact.

Stories are the creative conversion of life itself into a more powerful, clearer, more meaningful experience. They are the currency of human contact.



Writing is a marathon, not a sprint.

Writing is a marathon, not a sprint.



Influence is just persuasion in slow motion.

Influence is just persuasion in slow motion.



God help you if you use voice-over in your work, my friends. God help you. That's flaccid, sloppy writing. Any idiot can write a voice-over narration to explain the thoughts of a character.

God help you if you use voice-over in your work, my friends. God help you. That's flaccid, sloppy writing. Any idiot can write a voice-over narration to explain the thoughts of a character.



A fine work of art - music, dance, painting, story - has the power to silence the chatter in the mind and lift us to another place.

A fine work of art - music, dance, painting, story - has the power to silence the chatter in the mind and lift us to another place.



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

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



Do research. Feed your talent. Research not only wins the war on cliche, it's the key to victory over fear and it's cousin, depression.

Do research. Feed your talent. Research not only wins the war on cliche, it's the key to victory over fear and it's cousin, depression.





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The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public's money.

The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public's money.



Sharia is derived from Arabic, and it means an "oasis." In the desert, man needs the oasis to survive. Sharia is not like any other religion or law, because Sharia is an entire system of life.

Sharia is derived from Arabic, and it means an "oasis." In the desert, man needs the oasis to survive. Sharia is not like any other religion or law, because Sharia is an entire system of life.



Loyalty expanded is not loyalty betrayed!

Loyalty expanded is not loyalty betrayed!



Man, the molecule of society, is the subject of social science.

Man, the molecule of society, is the subject of social science.



People are people, and they want to know about their own experiences.

People are people, and they want to know about their own experiences.



Writing on your own is, in a way, a very lonely profession. There's no one there to help you.

Writing on your own is, in a way, a very lonely profession. There's no one there to help you.



...music is the living God in our bosoms.

...music is the living God in our bosoms.



His pacing stopped. The mattress sighed as he sat on the edge. seconds ticked by before he spoke so softly she could barely hear. "Sometimes I want to leave this town so bad I can taste it.

His pacing stopped. The mattress sighed as he sat on the edge. seconds ticked by before he spoke so softly she could barely hear. "Sometimes I want to leave this town so bad I can taste it.



We must distinguish between speaking to deceive and being silent to be reserved.

We must distinguish between speaking to deceive and being silent to be reserved.



It is the duty of those who are entrusted with the Gospel to endeavor to make it known among all nations.

It is the duty of those who are entrusted with the Gospel to endeavor to make it known among all nations.




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