Story is morally neutral. It can express profound truth or propaganda. The two greatest political storytellers of the 20th Century were Winston Churchill and Adolph Hitler. Because storytelling is a form of persuasive jujitsu, and because world is full of black belt storytellers, the corporate leader has to train both his offensive and defensive moves

Good story' means something worth telling that the world wants to hear. Finding this is your lonely task...But the love of a good story, of terrific characters and a world driven by your passion, courage, and creative gifts is still not enough. Your goal must be a good story well told.

The mark of a master is to select only a few moments, but give us a lifetime.

Most of life's actions are within our reach, but decisions take willpower.

There is no screenplay-writing recipe that guarantees your cake will rise.

A fine work of art - music, dance, painting, story - has the power to silence the chatter in the mind and lift us to another place.

Of all the reasons for wanting to write, the only one that nurtures us through time is love of the work itself.