"When society repeatedly experiences glossy, hollowed-out, pseudo-stories, it degenerates. We need true satires and tragedies, dramas and comedies that shine a cean light into the dingy corners of the human psyche and society. If not, as Yeats warned, "...the centre can not hold.

Culture is necessary for human beings to evolve into better creatures.

To survive, you must tell stories.

But Andrew was right about one thing. Human beings need to tell stories. Historically, it's the quickest way we have for transmitting useful information to other members of our species. Stories are not simply nice things to have; they are essential survival tools.
And yes, the stories we tell ourselves are just as important as the stories we tell other people.

Tell them stories. They need the truth you must tell them true stories, and everything will be well, just tell them stories.

It has been demonstrated many times that a culture can survive misinformation and false opinion. It has not yet been demonstrated whether a culture can survive if it takes the measure of the world in twenty-two minutes. Or if the value of its news is determined by the number of laughs it provides.

After nourishment, shelter and companionship, stories are the thing we need most in the world.

Without stories, we wouldn't be human beings at all

In fact, stories only magnify the need to have something remarkable (and honest) to say.

People are hungry for stories. It's part of our very being. Storytelling is a form of history, of immortality too. It goes from one generation to another. -Studs Terkel

It has been said that sometimes we need a story more than food in order to live.
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When society repeatedly experiences glossy, hollowed-out, pseudo-stories, it degenerates.

Values are the soul of storytelling.

Stories are the most important thing in the world. Without stories, we wouldn't be human beings at all.