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"Growing a culture requires a good storyteller. Changing a culture requires a persuasive editor."
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"There is no society that does not highly value fictional storytelling. Ever."

"Of the big horror movies of the '70s, you have 'The Omen,' 'The Sentinel,' 'Rosemary's Baby,' 'The Stepford Wives,' 'Burnt Offerings' - these are all romantic fatalist movies where there's a sort of glimmer of hope... but darkness wins."

"Without literature, life is hell."

"The gypsies believe the bear to be a brother to man because he has the same body beneath his hide, because he drinks beer, because he enjoys music and because he likes to dance."

"The very fact that a Frenchman was prepared, after tow minutes of conversation, to be so friendly towards anyone, especially one who had come from England, made me restless."

"There's a friendly tie of some sort between music and eating."

"Americans have an inability to relax into sheer pleasure.Ours is an entertainment seeking-nation, but not necessarily a pleasure-seeking one....This is the cause of that great sad American stereotype- the overstressed executive who goes on vacation, but who cannot relax."
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"Quotes are echos of voices transporting wisdom, humor, and love. Returning again to the human condition, fleeting once more as a dove."

"Contributors and distributors tend to do better at personal branding than takers and fakers."

"A brand precedes, parallels, and leaves a path behind. What your brand will say, is saying, and has said matters more the deeper we go into the globalized, digitized, connection economy."

"Do billboard salesmen record their sales on charts? If so, who's at the top of the billboard charts for billboard sales?"

"You can't force creatives into a box. If you try, they'll no longer be creative. And no one will want your box."

"Deciding which relationships to pursue can be difficult. Especially if you're trying to get hired by the Magic 8 Ball factory and that little triangle thing isn't floating right."

"Stop waiting for creative inspiration. Start creating and inspire yourself along the way."
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