Don't read what everyone else is reading. Check them out later, cautiously.

A people are as healthy and confident as the stories they tell themselves. Sick storytellers can make nations sick. Without stories we would go mad. Life would lose it’s moorings or orientation... Stories can conquer fear, you know. They can make the heart larger.

One of the greatest gifts my father gave me - unintentionally - was witnessing the courage with which he bore adversity. We had a bit of a rollercoaster life with some really challenging financial periods. He was always unshaken, completely tranquil, the same ebullient, laughing, jovial man.

One of the greatest gifts my father gave me - unintentionally - was witnessing the courage with which he bore adversity.

Magic becomes art when it has nothing to hide.

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.

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