| A Million Miles in a Thousand Years | |
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| Author(s) | Donald Miller |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Nelson |
| Publication date | 29 September 2009 |
| ISBN | 0785213066 |
A Million Miles in a Thousand Years, subtitled “What I Learned While Editing My Life”, is the sixth book by Donald Miller. The book centers on the realizations that Miller came to while editing his successful memoir, Blue Like Jazz, into a screenplay for a movie, directed by Steve Taylor.[1] In writing the screen play and editing the book events into proper, and interesting, movie dialog Miller learns a little more about the elements of story and through those things learns more about the story that is living and story he wants to be living. The book is all about living a better story and stresses the idea that in order to live a better story you must deliberately act in ways that will make a better story.
“Somehow we realize that great stories are told in conflict, but we are unwilling to embrace the potential greatness of the story we are actually in. We think God is unjust, rather than a master storyteller.”
“If you aren’t telling a good story, nobody thinks you died too soon; they just think you died.”
“Good stories don’t happen by accident, I learned. They are planned.”
“...people don’t live without a story, without a role to play.”
“The ambitions we have will become the stories we live.”
“We have to force ourselves to create these scenes. We have to get up off the couch and turn the television off, we have to blow up the inner-tubes and head to the river.
“A good storyteller doesn’t just tell a better story, though. He invites other people into the story with him, giving them a better story too.”
“...one person’s story has the power to affect a million others.”
"Fear isn't only a guide to keep us safe; it's also a manipulative emotion that can trick us into living a boring life."
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