"To ask for a map is to say, "Tell me a story.""

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Source : Peter Turchi (2011). “Maps of the Imagination: The Writer as Cartographer”, p.11, Trinity University Press

Peter Turchi

#Life Quotes #Stories Quotes #Maps Quotes

“I have the basic skills already, my basic weapons if we put it that way. From there I can add more the necessary skills I need for a particular opponent. I have to study all the aspects of my opponent, so when I am in the ring, everything will be automatic.”
“A fatal recovery from a promising illness”
“Our present-day artists do not transform, they deform. That gives pleasure to nobody. It changes everything, therefore it changes nothing.”

Source : Adrienne Monnier (1976). “The Very Rich Hours of Adrienne Monnier”, p.215, U of Nebraska Press
“I had an amazing experience doing 'Skins.' It was the first acting I'd ever done in my entire life, so I had to learn on set for those two years. I had to keep my head screwed on and learn from the other cast.”
“Sometimes I think creativity is magic; it's not a matter of finding an idea, but allowing the idea to find you.”
“Our interaction with our friends, for instance, is in large part an interaction with representations in our own head of the people before us. That's why a friend can surprise or disappoint us.”
“In organizations (or even in a society) where culture is weak, you need an abundance of heavy, precise rules and processes.”
“I was being musically mentored by a lot of people who were obviously more talented and skilled than I was, and I thought that I would just kind of learn the ropes of songwriting there - like how to do acoustic, country-esque songs, which I like because there's so much story in them.”

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