“The story of one person is the story of all of humanity.”

“The story of automation is the story of a one-way shift from human control to automatic control.”

“The world is full of stories, but the stories are all one.”

“Stories are the most important thing in the world. Without stories, we wouldn't be human beings at all.”

“the story of any one of us is in some measure the story of us all”

“Power is the ability not just to tell the story of another person, but to make it the definitive story of that person.”

“All the best stories in the world are but one story in reality — the story of an escape. It is the only thing which interests us all and at all times — how to escape.”

“A science fiction story is a story built around human beings, with a human problem and a human solution, which would not have happened at all without its scientific content.”

“Stories--individual stories, family stories, national stories--are what stitch together the disparate elements of human existence into a coherent whole. We are story animals.”

“Without stories, we wouldn't be human beings at all”