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"In the average newspaper there is not a complete suppression of stories that the sacred cows don't want printed. But rather what happens is that the stories get printed with stresses, colorations and emphasis that favor the sacred cows."
"Where there's a will there's a detective story."
"The mountains themselves call us into greater stories."
"I often learn more about myself from listening to the life story of a friend than I do reflecting on my own story."
"It has always been quite apparent to me that no important story can fail to tell us something of value to us."
"'Shrek 2' made over $120 million during its first week. In a related story, John Kerry asked Shrek to marry him."
"If we share our shame story with the wrong person, they can easily become one more piece of flying debris in an already dangerous storm.(page 10)"
"In short stories it is better to say not enough than to say too much, because, because--I don't know why."
"Every leader is telling a story... about what he or she values."
"You'll be a poorer person all your life if you don't know some of the great stories and great poems."
"I consider a story merely as a frame on which to stretch my materials."
"We are defined by the stories we tell ourselves."
"I have a theory... that someplace at the heart of most compelling stories is something that doesn't make sense."
"Everybody wants to feel that you're writing to a certain demographic because that's good business, but I've never done that ... I tried to write stories that would interest me. I'd say, what would I like to read?... I don't think you can do your best work if you're writing for somebody else, because you never know what that somebody else really thinks or wants."
"These stories of people with unusual powers and unusual appearances, who do unusual things, people are always fascinated by them."
"Sometimes stories cry out to be told in such loud voices that you write them just to shut them up."
"I love hearing stories, telling stories, sharing stories. I've shared 37,000 on the Oprah show! Every day I was like the town crier."
"The story with anorexic girls - nobody works with anorexic girls. That has nothing to do with fashion."
"Great marketing is all about telling your story in such a way that it compels people to buy what you are selling."
"Stories may well be lies, but they are good lies that say true things, and which can sometimes pay the rent."
