“But we also need stories. Great stories.”

“Every story is a story about death. But perhaps, if we are lucky, our story about death is also a story about love.”

“All you need is love...and a great story.”

“We wanted - no, we needed - to tell our stories, and more importantly, we needed our stories to be heard.”

“We should be familiar with the great histories, the great biographies. We should be familiar with the great success stories, the great love stories, the great philosophies. It would also be a good idea to memorize potent passages from great poetry and other literary works. Our literature also may give us extra, pleasant hours as well as furnish contrasts and comparisons which may help us to evaluate and direct our own lives.”

“We need myths to get by. We need story; otherwise the tremendous randomness of experience overwhelms us. Story is what penetrates.”