"Storytelling has a narcotic power."

-- Robert Harris

#Storytelling Quotes

“Life is not, nor ever has been, a straight line forward ... Life is characterized much more by exception and disorder than by total or perfect order.”
“I say that humans are the only ones in this world that need everything within it. but there is nothing in the world that needs us for its survival. We aren't the masters of the earth. We're the servants.”
“The more awesome you are, the more emotion you create, the more viral it is.”

Source : "The Virologist" by Andrew Marantz, www.newyorker.com. January 5, 2015.
“The NYPD never really had anything to do with it. This is stuff I did on my own time. It just so happened to be that I was a cop for my career. It was my religious belief. The NYPD very wisely stayed away from that. I was grateful that they let me do what I needed to do without getting involved because when you're a cop the NYPD controls you 24/7.”
“I was an amateur wrestler, which I loved. It was my passion, but I started really late; I was a junior in high school when I began.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I'd ask myself, 'What do I think is really unjust?' That should be a starting point for how you engage with the world.”
“I guess some people like to just stick with their sound, like Weezer or something, but I think I just try to keep it as close to my real life, in a Neil Young sort of way, as possible.”

Source : "Exclusive: Kurt Vile on the Paranoia and Process Behind His New Record". Interview with Marah Eakin, music.avclub.com. July 21, 2015.
“The trip to Mars can only be understood through Black Americans. I say, the trip to Mars can only be understood through Black Americans.”

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