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The fact of storytelling hints at a fundamental human unease, hints at human imperfection. Where there is perfection there is no story to tell.

And it's a human need to be told stories. The more we're governed by idiots and have no control over our destinies, the more we need to tell stories to each other about who we are, why we are, where we come from, and what might be possible.

When the stories come easily and the writing process doesn't feel laboring, that's usually a good sign for me.

Like most writers, I just create because I have a story to tell, really.

When you're a storyteller, part of the process of storytelling is the kind of communion you form with the audience to whom you're telling your story. If some segment of the audience doesn't like that story, it doesn't feel good.

I don't think we'll ever lose the desire for people to tell stories or to hear stories or to be entrapped in a beautiful story.

I think, as writers, our first responsibility is to writing an honest story. Tell the story you want to tell, without pulling your punches.

If somebody is in a story, they need to be there for a reason, and not just to set up somebody else's story.

I think at a certain point actors need to start taking responsibility for the kinds of stories they want to tell.

Everyone seems quite good at stories and making them up.