“I found people were telling stories to themselves without knowing it.”

“I just tell people what they already know but are afraid to admit to themselves.”

“Memories were moving pictures in which meaning was constantly in flux. They were stories people told themselves.”

“Maybe, in the end it's the voice that tells the stories more than the stories themselves that matters.”

“They talked quietly, lying on their backs and letting the words float up to the ceiling as though they were talking to themselves. By reason of their calmness they could tell each other everything without shame, without its sounding like a confession. Nor were they surprised at what they found out about each other.”

“I only know one story. But oftentimes small pieces seem to be stories themselves.”

“I just knew there were stories I wanted to tell.”

“Let's not despise story-telling. Like all novelists, I have this low desire to tell people stories.”

“Facts don’t matter to people as much as people think they do. People don’t believe because of facts and evidence—they believe things because it’s a part of a story that they tell themselves. And so, I guess part of what I’m doing is understanding those stories, and understanding psychologically why are these stories being told.”

“All the news stories were telling me to be frightened. All the commercials were telling me to buy things I didn´t need. The message was that people could only be passive victims or consumers.”