Good writers show rather than tell. Stories are told in action. Life stories are no different. — Donald Miller Copy Share Image
Meaningful stories have lots and lots of conflict. If we avoid conflict, our stories won't be meaningful. — Donald Miller Copy Share Image
The most difficult lie I have ever contended with is this: life is a story about me. — Donald Miller Copy Share Image
Book of Ecclesiastes, God is saying... Write a good story, take somebody with you and let me help — Donald Miller Copy Share Image
I'm just trying to make the point that the story we're telling ourselves is often very different from the story we're telling… — Donald Miller Copy Share Image
Fear isn’t only a guide to keep us safe; it’s also a manipulative emotion that can trick us into living a boring… — Donald Miller Copy Share Image
He said to me I was a tree in a story about a forest, and that it was arrogant of me to… — Donald Miller Copy Share Image
Life is a story. You and I are telling stories; they may suck, but we are telling stories. And we tell stories… — Donald Miller Copy Share Image
And once you live a good story, you get a taste for a kind of meaning in life, and you can't go… — Donald Miller Copy Share Image
When one of my friends becomes a Christian, which happens about every 10 years because I am a sheep about sharing my… — Donald Miller Copy Share Image
I think, in the grand epic, Jesus is the hero of our stories. And our stories, as they were, are subplots in… — Donald Miller Copy Share Image
Great writers know what to cut out. It's the same in life. Clear ambitions. Clear relationships. This is the stuff of good… — Donald Miller Copy Share Image
Before I studied story, I was trying to write a novel, and it was terrible. It wasn't going anywhere, and I couldn't… — Donald Miller Copy Share Image
I am early in my story, but I believe I will stretch out into eternity, and in heaven I will reflect upon… — Donald Miller Copy Share Image
But the people who took the bus didn't experience the city as we experienced the city. The pain made the city more… — Donald Miller Copy Share Image
Robert McKee says humans naturally seek comfort and stability. Without an inciting incident that disrupts their comfort, they won’t enter into a… — Donald Miller Copy Share Image
I kept imagining these people, just living their daily lives, and then having them suddenly ended in unjust tragedy. When we watch… — Donald Miller Copy Share Image
If you watched a movie about a guy who wanted a Volvo and worked for years to get it, you wouldn’t cry… — Donald Miller Copy Share Image
I think we can provide better stories through providing mentors, and certainly part of my story is providing mentors to kids growing… — Donald Miller Copy Share Image
It’s interesting that in the Bible, in the book of Ecclesiastes, the only practical advice given about living a meaningful life is… — Donald Miller Copy Share Image
I listened so hard because it felt like, while she was telling me stories, she was massaging my soul, letting me know… — Donald Miller Copy Share Image
Here's the truth about telling stories with your life. It's going to sound like a great idea, and you're going to get… — Donald Miller Copy Share Image
I didn't know how story worked. So, when writing the screenplay, people introduced me to the science of it. And I'm grateful.… — Donald Miller Copy Share Image
There's no authoritarian structure at Reed College, but the education is conservative. So what you have is a lot of students who are very… — Donald Miller Copy Share Image
I think each of us can, through our writing, discover our super power — Donald Miller Copy Share Image
If you don't feel free and be yourself, you can't connect. Find people who accept your quirks. They'll heal your soul. — Donald Miller Copy Share Image
And so I have come to understand that strength, inner strength, comes from receiving love as much as it comes from giving it. — Donald Miller Copy Share Image
“Humans, as a species, are constantly, and in every way, comparing themselves to one another, which, given the brief nature of their existence, seems… — Donald Miller Copy Share Image
“alone, lonely, and loneliness are three of the most powerful words in the English language... Those words say that we are human; they are… — Donald Miller Copy Share Image
“It isn't about what you don't get done; it's about what you do get done.” — Donald Miller Copy Share Image
“Most Christians have enormous respect for the space and freedom of others, it is only that they have found a joy in Jesus they… — Donald Miller Copy Share Image
Don't let go of your strength or your beauty. It was given to you by God. — Donald Miller Copy Share Image
There's a lot of letters, and a lot of people come say "hi" at book signings, but I'm amazed at how normal everybody is. — Donald Miller Copy Share Image
I am something of a recluse by nature. I am that cordless screwdriver that has to charge for twenty hours to earn ten minutes… — Donald Miller Copy Share Image
