No civilization, including Plato's, has ever been destroyed because its citizens learned too much. - Robert McKee

There is no such thing as a portable story. An honest story is at home in one, and only one, place and time.

We rarely know where we are going; writing is a discovery.

THE PRINCIPLE OF CREATIVE LIMITATION Limitation is vital. The first step toward a well-told story is to create a small, knowable world. Artists by nature crave freedom, so the principle that the structure/setting relationship restricts creative choices may stir the rebel in you. With a closer look, however, you’ll see that this relationship couldn’t be more positive. The constraint that setting imposes on story design doesn’t inhibit creativity; it inspires it.