“Do not tell people how to live their lives. Just tell them stories and they will figure out how those stories apply to them.”

“The living owe it to those who no longer can speak to tell their story for them.”

“I never have people tell me their stories. I usually have to figure them out myself. Because I know that if people tell me stories, they will expect them to be remembered. And I cannot guarantee that. There is no way to know if the stories stay after I'm gone. And how devastating would it be to confide in someone and have the confidence disappear? I don't want to be responsible for that.”

“If people knew the story of their lives, how many would then elect to live them? ”

“That’s how people live, by telling stories. What’s the first thing a kid says when he learns how to talk? “Tell me a story.” That’s how we understand who we are, where we come from. Stories are everything.”

“The artist lives to have stories to tell and to learn to tell them well.”