Truth never hurt the teller.
I intend to do the Penn & Teller show until they pry my cheesy magic wand from my cold dead fingers.
Trust the tale, not the teller.
The story of my family. . . changes with the teller.
The nature of bad news affects the teller.
I think there's a difference between making comedy and reporting comedy. When you're a joke teller you can easily fall into the second, you can show up and just say the jokes.
You can believe in originals only if you just don't know their context within literature. Certainly I believe in originality, but it lies with the teller, not the tale.
Michael Koryta is that rare author who is at once a compelling story teller and a fantastic writer. From the first sentence of THOSE WHO WISH ME DEAD, you'll be under his spell. His characters are living, breathing people you'll care about; his setting is a place you'll visit and stay-long after you've decided to leave because you're scared. You can't leave; you're trapped. There are too many nerve-jangling, beautifully written, razor sharp moments and you won't want to miss a single one. This is an absolute sizzler.
To me there’s no real difference between a fortune teller or a fortune cookie and any of the organized religions. They’re all equally valid or invalid, really. And equally helpful.
I am a story teller and I take each story very seriously.
Truth never hurts the teller.
I am not a theologian or a philosopher. I am a story teller.
That was the best kind of story: when the teller was as much under its spell as the listener.
The humorous story is told gravely; the teller does his best to conceal the fact that he even dimly suspects that there is anything funny about it.
