One cannot make up stories; one can only retell in new ways the stories one has already heard.
Source: In The Speaker's Electronic Reference Collection, AApex Software, 1994.
-- Carolyn Heilbrun, (Jan 13 1926-2003), US writer, educator, feminist; She wrote novels under the pen name of Amanda Cross; noted for her mysteries and books on feminist issues including best-seller Writing a Women's Life, 1988.