Long Story Short Quotes

“Most events in life can be categorized in one of two ways: a good time, or a good story.”
― Margot Leitman, Long Story Short: The Only Storytelling Guide You'll Ever Need

“Our worst misfortunes never happen, and most miseries lie in anticipation. —HONORÉ DE BALZAC, novelist”
― Margot Leitman, Long Story Short: The Only Storytelling Guide You'll Ever Need

“Here’s the thing. I would love to live in a world where the most qualified candidate gets ahead based on credentials and accomplishments alone, but that’s simply not the reality. Many business decisions are made simply because a decision maker liked one person over the other. Especially in hiring, the decision maker thinks, “Would I want to spend forty-plus hours a week with this person?” If you can win over a new boss/a potential client/an agent/etc. by making him/her laugh or root for you with your personal story, you’ll be more likely to get ahead.”
― Margot Leitman, Long Story Short: The Only Storytelling Guide You'll Ever Need

“Action-adventure, that genre, only works for me if you can care about the characters. If the hero’s not taking some kind of a journey, then there are no stakes—and no stakes, then you don’t care if he lives, or dies, wins or loses. —BRANDON LEE, actor and martial artist”
― Margot Leitman, Long Story Short: The Only Storytelling Guide You'll Ever Need

“Live life for the story.”
― Margot Leitman, Long Story Short: The Only Storytelling Guide You'll Ever Need

“Go where you are celebrated, not tolerated. —UNKNOWN”
― Margot Leitman, Long Story Short: The Only Storytelling Guide You'll Ever Need

“Storytelling is recounting a true experience from your life that has a beginning, a middle, and an end.”
― Margot Leitman, Long Story Short: The Only Storytelling Guide You'll Ever Need