Read a lot. Read broadly... Tell stories to your friends, and pay attention to when they get bored... Write a lot.
John GreenI realized it in waves and we held on to each other crying and I thought, God we must look so lame, but it doesn't matter much when you have just now realized, all the time later, that you are still alive.
John GreenThe job of reading is to use stories as a way into seeing other people as we see ourselves
John Green