“The more stories I study, the more I begin to suspect that there is only one story, and that we are, all of us, engaged in telling it.” – J. Aleksandr Wootton

“Create a character with an obsession, then follow.” – Ray Bradbury

“When modern writers gave up telling stories, they gave up the greatest thing we had.” – Howard Nemerov

“Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it.” – Hannah Arendt

“Writing fiction feels like an adventurous act, nudging aside reality a word at a time.” – James Van Pelt