“A story isn't a good one unless it has a good listener”

“No, it’s not a very good story - its author was too busy listening to other voices to listen as closely as he should have to the one coming from inside.”

“A good teacher is one, that never stops listening; a good listener is one, that never stops teaching.”

“Can a story be good only if it produces an effect? If the effect is a bad one, but intended, has the story done its job? Is it then a good story? If the story produces an effect other than the intended one, is it then a bad story? Can a story be said to produce an effect at all? Can a story actually do anything at all? ”

“We all do what we can, and it has to be good enough, and if it isn't good enough, it has to do.”

“There is no story that is not true, [...] The world has no end, and what is good among one people is an abomination with others.”