It's About Listening

I can't write good dialogue, Max said, straddling his bicycle.
It's about listening, Angela offered.
Really? I've never heard anyone say that before. What do you mean?, asked Max.
It's about receiving, listening to your characters. We are the antennae, Angela explained.
But I want to write a story like ALICE IN WONDERLAND and it's never good enough, Max said.
We have to get out of our own way and let the story that wants to be told get written through us. We are just the ziti, Angela said.
What?
We're just the hollow macaroni that the spirit flows through, said Angela.