The Story is What Matters

"I was sure that I was going to write stories myself when I grew up. It's important to put it like that: not 'I am a writer,' but rather 'I write stories.' If you put the emphasis on yourself rather than your work, you're in danger of thinking that you're the most important thing. But you're not. The story is what matters, and you're only the servant, and your job is to get it out on time and in good order."

Philip Pullman

"Writers will continue to emerge because writing – telling stories and writing them down – is a very ancient thing. We’ve always done it, and as long as we’re human beings we always will."

Philip Pullman  source