My mother always said, 'The best way to ruin a story is to tell the other side.'
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
You can't always see both sides of the story. Eventually, you have to pick a side and stick with it. No more equivocating. You have to commit.
If you really want to tell stories, do it and don't be dissuaded.
The idea of telling a story in reverse destabilises your ordinary moral reactions. That's one of the points of art - to challenge your preconceptions.
I don't want to steal anybody's story. I very much want to use the stories that I hear to get lost in my mind, to tell a larger story.
It's often said that everybody has a story to tell, and I suppose that's true, but the problem is that most of them aren't worth telling.
If you're gonna tell your life story, you gotta be honest, or don't do it.
I don't ever want to impose something on the story. I want the story to tell me.
I try to tell the story, always. I do not want to be part of it.
If you want somebody to tell you a story, one of the most easiest and effective ways is if you're telling them a story.
In my family, telling stories is just a way of life.