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.

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

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.

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