I’m out there to clean the plate. Once they’ve read what I’ve written on a subject, I want them to think, ‘That’s it!’ I think the highest aspiration people in our trade can have is that once they’ve written a story, nobody will ever try it again. - Richard Ben Cramer

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There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.― Maya Angelou

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The most propagandistic element of 'Frozen' was the transformation of the prince at the beginning of the story, who was a perfectly good guy, into a villain with no character development whatsoever about three-quarters of the way to the ending. -Jordan Peterson

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Story = Character + Predicament + Attempted Extrication. - Jonathan Gottschall

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Be courageous. Challenge orthodoxy. Stand up for what you believe in. When you are in your rocking chair talking to your grandchildren many years from now, be sure you have a good story to tell. — Amal Clooney

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But how could you live and have no story to tell? — Fyodor Dostoyevsky

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I love our story. Sure it's messy, but it's the story that got us here. — How I Met Your Mother

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The minute I heard my first love story, I started looking for you, not knowing how blind that was. Lovers don't finally meet somewhere. They're in each other all along.

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When your story is ready for rewrite, cut it to the bone. Get rid of every ounce of excess fat. This is going to hurt; revising a story down to the bare essentials is always a little like murdering children, but it must be done. - Stephen King

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Story—sacred and profane—is perhaps the main cohering force in human life. - Jonathan Gottschall

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