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“Trust the story ... the storyteller may dissemble and deceive, the story can't: the story can only ever be itself.”

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James Robertson is a renowned writer known for his rich literary works and unique narrative style. His works cover a variety of genres including history, biography, and novels, and are highly appreciated by readers. more

“When we're in the story, when we're part of it, we can't know the outcome. It's only later that we think we can see what the story was. But do we ever really know? And does anybody else, perhaps, coming along a little later, does anybody else really care? ... History is written by the survivors, but what is that history? That's the point I was trying to make just now. We don't know what the story is when we're in it, and even after we tell it we're not sure. Because the story doesn't end.”

Thinking Knows Trying Littles Doe Ends Stories Care Written Outcomes Not Sure Survivor

Author:James Robertson

“Our ability to look back on the past, our need or desire to make sense of it, is both a blessing and a curse; and our inability to see into the future with any degree of accuracy is, simultaneously, the thing that saves us and the thing that condemns us.”

Needs Looks Past Desire Ability Blessing Degrees Make Sense Curse Inability Accuracy

Book:And the Land Lay Still

Source: And the Land Lay Still

“The dead hand has too long hampered the freedom of the living.”

Long Hands Freedom History

Author:James Robertson

“My hand trembles, my heart does not.”

Heart Doe Hands My Heart

Author:Stephen Hopkins

“I've never seen, heard, nor smelled an issue that was so dangerous it couldn't be talked about. Hell yes, I'm for debating anything!”

Hell Issues Heard Dangerous

Author:Stephen Hopkins

“Dark impulses certainly exist in me and, I think, in most people.”

People Thinking Dark Impulse

Author:Stephen Hopkins

“To be able to rely completely on the actors was a very simple process for me.”

Able Actors Process Simple Rely

Author:Stephen Hopkins

“Each environment has its own signature. Sound tells a story: You make choices about what you're hearing, where to look, how you want to feel about what's going on.”

Want Feels Looks Stories Choices Sound Environment Hearing Signatures

Author:Stephen Hopkins

“The burden of intelligence: you can always imagine all those wonderful places where you can never belong.”

Imagine Wonderful Burden Wonderful Places

Author:Robert Reed

“I've always thought of science fiction as being, at some level, a 19th-century business.”

Levels Fiction Century Science Fiction 19th Century

Author:Robert Reed

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