The universal erosion of values has lead to the universal erosion of story.

Boredom is the inner conflict we suffer when we lose desire, when we lack a lacking.

In life two negatives don't make a positive. Double negatives turn positive only in math and formal logic. In life things just get worse and worse and worse.

Anxious, inexperienced writers obey rules. Rebellious, unschooled writers break rules. Artists master the form.

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.

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

A culture cannot evolve without honest, powerful storytelling. When a society repeatedly experiences glossy, hollowed-out, pseudo-stories, it degenerates. We need true satires and tragedies, dramas and comedies that shine a clean light into the dingy corners of the human psyche and society.