A Million Miles in a Thousand Years

We live in a world where bad stories are told, stories that teach us life doesn’t mean anything and that humanity has no great purpose. It’s a good calling, then, to speak a better story. How brightly a better story shines. How easily the world looks to it in wonder. How grateful we are to hear these stories, and how happy it makes us to repeat the

I might just buy a bottle of wine and listen to a record. I like slower stories these days. I like the simple ones, the ones that play out like art films.

I don’t think it’s any different when it comes to real-life stories. It would be easier not to try, not to get out of bed.

William Zinsser says that writers “love to have written,”

I’ve never had fun writing a book. I’ve had fun promoting books, doing readings—that sort of thing—but the truth is I drag myself to the computer.

A good storyteller doesn’t just tell a better story, though. He invites other people into the story with him, giving them a better story too.

when I began thinking about story as a guide for life, I took a lot of comfort in that principle. It wasn’t necessary to win for the story to be great, it was only necessary to sacrifice everything.

A good movie has memorable scenes, and so does a good life.

When we look back on our lives, what we will remember are the crazy things we did, the times we worked harder to make a day stand out.