In the beginning there was a river. The river became a road and the road branched out to the whole world. And because the road was once a river it was always hungry.

To see the madness and yet walk a perfect silver line. ... That's what the true story-teller should be: a great guide, a clear mind, who can walk a silver line in hell or madness.

Stories are the secret reservoir of values: change the stories individuals and nations live by and tell themselves, and you change the individuals and nations.

A man must be able to hold his drink because drunkenness is sometimes necessary in this difficult life.

To sustain your belief through situations that completely undermine it is quite something.

Our time here is magic! It's the only space you have to realize whatever it is that is beautiful, whatever is true, whatever is great, whatever is potential, whatever is rare, whatever is unique, in. It's the only space.

Beware of the stories you read or tell; subtly, at night, beneath the waters of consciousness, they are altering your world.