“Stories grow by accretion. Tales accumulate — like dust.”

“Tell the story that's been growing in your heart, the characters you can't keep out of your head, the tale story that speaks to you, that pops into your head during your daily commute, that wakes you up in the morning.”

“I am the teller of the tale, not the creator of the story.”

“My own story is like a fairy tale nobody would believe because it's exactly what you expect but it never happened.”

“I'm fascinated with the stories that we tell. Real histories become fantasies and fairy tales, morality tales and fables.”

“Fairy tales are such evil little stories for young children.”

“And the story of love is a long sad tale ending in graves.”

“Our life is our own to-day, to-morrow you will be dust, a shade, and a tale that is told. Live mindful of death; the hour flies.”
Nostrum est<br/>quod vivis, cinis et manes et fabula fies.<br/>vive memor leti, fugit hora.

“at the center of every fairy tale lay a truth that gave the story its power.”

“The story of the rise, fall, and forgetting of the individual is the tale of the rise, fall, and repression of psychoanalysis.”