“Just tell yourself a story that'll satisfy you and pretend he told it.”
“In a sense who you are has always been a story that you told to yourself. Now your self is a story that you tell to others.”
“The first draft is just you telling yourself the story.”
“He already knew he could coach. All you had to do was look at each of your players and ask yourself: What story does this guy wish someone would tell him about himself? And then you told the guy that story.”
“When you write, you are telling a story...to yourself. When you revise, you are telling a story to yourself...over and over again.”
“Some stories wait their turn to be told, others just tap you on the shoulder and insist you tell them.”