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.

Without stories we would go mad. Life would lose its moorings or lose its orientations. even in silence we are living our stories

If you are working in an office, where do you find the time to write a novel? But you can finish a short story in five pages. Furthermore, a short story is a perfect place to learn the craft

I know that human beings are capable of anything.

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

Don't despair too much if you see beautiful things destroyed, if you see them perish. Because the best things are always growing in secret.

We are living in enchanted time. With our spirits right.