If someone knows me and likes me or my work, they're more likely to allow me to tell their story. But it also cuts the other way.
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It's great to express yourself and tell other people's stories and get into the minds of people who aren't like you.
If you're telling a story, and somebody is going to come out badly, it better be you.
I think there is a human instinct to tell stories, no matter who you are or where you live.
I don't like scaring people off. When I tell people I'm a writer, they look kind of interested. Then I tell them that I write poetry, and they think I'm weird.
In my family, telling stories is just a way of life.
There's definitely a delicate line you have to walk in telling someone else's story that's not quite as delicate in telling your own story. I think when I'm working on a personal story, there's less pressure to try to get it exactly right.
I go out and look for a good story to tell and if I like it enough and I decide to direct it, I become dangerously involved in becoming a part of that story.
No one touches me when I write my story, unless I hire you to or I allow you to.
I like to think that I am telling a story rather than writing it.
Once you allow yourself to identify with the people in a story, then you might begin to see yourself in that story even if on the surface it's far removed from your situation.
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