You Have To Figure Out Who The Right Person Is To Tell The Story. And Often, People Who Are Very Self-aware Will Only Sound As If They Are Pontificating If They Tell The Story. - SearchQuotes

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You have to figure out who the right person is to tell the story. And often, people who are very self-aware will only sound as if they are pontificating if they tell the story.

Ann Beattie

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