Carmen Agra Deedy

If you tell stories you love, you will never tell them with indifference - take it to the bank.

Read, read, read. Read good books. You will strengthen your understanding of story. Your vocabulary will be the richer for it.

I began telling stories as a volunteer in my daughters' school. But I grew up hearing stories from Cuban and Southern storytellers, and I learned a great deal by just being quiet and listening.

Now that I am sixty, I see why the idea of elder wisdom has passed from currency.

Another thing that freaks me out is time. Time is like a book. You have a beginning, a middle and an end. It's just a cycle.

Technology is characterized by constant change, rapid innovation, creative destruction, and revolutionary products.