The Golden Theme Quotes

“Stories are the collective wisdom of everyone who has ever lived. Your job as a storyteller is not simply to entertain. Nor is it to be noticed for the way you turn a phrase. You have a very important job--one of the most important. Your job is to let people know that everyone shares their feelings--and that these feelings bind us. Your job is a healing art, and like all healers, you have a responsibility. Let people know they are not alone. You must make people understand that we are all the same.”
― Brian McDonald, The Golden Theme: How to Make Your Writing Appeal to the Highest Common Denominator

“I will not attempt to say this better than Buddha, who said, "The practice of making others happy is based upon the clear understanding of life which is Oneness. In deep gratitude, let us realize this Oneness of all life, the heart of which is Compassion.”
― Brian McDonald, The Golden Theme

“Art is not to show people who you are; it is to show people who they are.”
― Brian McDonald, The Golden Theme

“Legendary comic book storyteller Will Eisner put it this way: "Technique is secondary. Technique comes as a result of how you do what you do.”
― Brian McDonald, The Golden Theme

“Playwright August Wilson said, "To live it [life] as an artist is to be willing to face the deepest parts of yourself. To wrestle with your demons until your spirit becomes larger and larger and your demons smaller and smaller.”
― Brian McDonald, The Golden Theme