“Three stories high, long, dull, and old,
As great lords' stories often are.”

“Of course it's the same old story. Truth usually is the same old story.”

“We forget old stories, but those stories remain the same.”

“There are people. There are stories. The people think they shape the stories, but the reverse is often closer to the truth.”

“Borges said there are only four stories to tell: a love story between two people, a love story between three people, the struggle for power and the voyage. All of us writers rewrite these same stories ad infinitum.”

“In Mosca’s experience, a ‘long story’ was always a short story someone did not want to tell.”

“Tell me a story.
In this century, and moment, of mania,
Tell me a story.
Make it a story of great distances, and starlight.
The name of the story will be Time,
But you must not pronounce its name.
Tell me a story of deep delight.”

“T is an old tale and often told;
But did my fate and wish agree,
Ne'er had been read, in story old,
Of maiden true betray'd for gold,
That loved, or was avenged, like me.”

“The swells were amazing! As big as three-story apartment buildings!”

“Because some stories end, but old stories go on, and you gotta dance to the music if you want to stay ahead”