If every event which occurred could be given a name, there would be no need for stories.

When we read a story, we inhabit it. The covers of the book are like a roof and four walls. What is to happen next will take place within the four walls of the story. And this is possible because the story's voice makes everything its own.

It is my opinion that a story worth reading only in childhood is not worth reading even then.

Stories,' the green-eyed Sigrid said, unperturbed, 'are like prayers. It does not matter when you begin, or when you end, only that you bend a knee and say the words.

A special effect without a story is a pretty boring thing.

People take on the shapes of the songs and the stories that surround them, especially if they don't have their own song.