Storyteller Quotes · Page 11

Whether you consider me a master filmmaker or not, I do it with my intuition and my vision, my experience as a…

— Abbas Kiarostami

I'm not really a storyteller myself - I tend to get all tangled up when I try and tell stories.

— Daniel Day-Lewis

“In this time of 'information overload', people do not need more information. They want a story they can relate to.”

— Maarten Schäfer

“Do not be scared Tarek, it is but a tale, and our stories are vital. When a storyteller dies, it is like…

— David Baillie

I think Peter Dickinson is hands down the best stylist as a writer and the most interesting storyteller in my genre.

— Sara Paretsky

“Writing nonfiction means I tell people's stories for them, not because they're special but because we all are.”

— Jo Deurbrouck

“The word 'NO' is the best motivation there is for the storyteller in you.”

— A.K. Kuykendall

Creating is one thing; telling the story is one thing. I see myself more as a storyteller than a story creator.

— S. S. Rajamouli

I like being a storyteller. I'm bored with myself; I like to write about others. I have a lot of names in…

— Jill Sobule

You have to be a great storyteller. And you have to master the tools that you have to tell the story which…

— John Frankenheimer

“Humans need each other for equilibrium and support. But writers must pull aside to take a quiet walk alone, not just for…

— Patricia Hickman

I don't write fiction but I do write narrative; I write memoirs that I treat like stories, so whenever I'm using somebody…

— Vivian Gornick

I don't just look at things as an actor. I've also written several films, so I look at it as a storyteller…

— Charlie Hunnam

I build my stories character-first, and so whether it's a monster or a ghost or a serial killer, the fear of something…

— Bryan Bertino

Because I am a storyteller I live by words. Perhaps music is a purer art form. It may be that when we…

— Madeleine L'Engle

I really enjoy the direct dialogue with the fans. I'm very cognizant of my audience. I'm a trained storyteller and entertainer, and…

— Elizabeth Banks

I'm giving up acting. . . . I'm 66 and there are a number of celebrations I've got to get down on…

— Athol Fugard

If what that man did in his life, makes the blood pulse through the body of others, and makes them believe deeper…

— The Ultimate Warrior

I kept imagining these people, just living their daily lives, and then having them suddenly ended in unjust tragedy. When we watch…

— Donald Miller

The issues which mattered to me as an activist, mainly things like prison reform and AIDS, have less of a chance of…

— Rachel Maddow

I am dedicating the majority of my wealth to improving education. It is the key to the survival of the human race.…

— George Lucas

First, the skill of storytelling helps to galvanize your team. Second, the discipline of storytelling requires leaders to be clear about their…

— Gary A. Klein

When I went to Stan Lee - every time I was with Stan, I learned something every day. When I would do…

— John Romita, Sr

“Now a narrative is a story, not logic, nor ethics, nor philosophy. It is a dream you keep having, whether you realize…

— Haruki Murakami

I'm not a novelist, I'm a storyteller. There is no art in what I do, no mystique.

— Alistair Maclean

I am first and foremost a storyteller; I want to tell a good story, and I want it to mean something -…

— Mark Kurlansky

“Time changes nothing, girl, but the size of your underwear. . .and hopefully your hairdo.”

— Minton Sparks

Indians are marvelous storytellers. In some ways, that oral tradition is stronger than the written tradition.

— N. Scott Momaday

Death is the sanction of everything that the storyteller can tell. He has borrowed his authority from death.

— Walter Benjamin

I want to be a storyteller - not only of the Latin experience but of people who want to be inspired.

— Nicholas Gonzalez

I am not a storyteller . . . not like the others. I only have one tale to tell.

— Kate Morton

We dropped our troubles into the lap of the storyteller, and they turned into someone else's.

— Naomi Shihab Nye

I'm a storyteller who uses all of the beauty and power of cinema to tell tales of human struggles for positive social…

— Pamela Yates

I've always wanted to be a songwriter and a storyteller and somebody who conveys a feeling to the listener or the viewer.

— Wes Borland

That's a very real feeling - that I don't have a story to tell. I'm not a pure storyteller. I have a…

— Aaron Sorkin

“The storyteller in me asks: what if? And when I try to answer that, a story begins”

— Jane Yolen

As an actor, I think a mistake that any storyteller can make is to play the ending.

— John Hawkes

Look, I'm just a storyteller. When I make a film, I never want the film to become a vehicle of social propaganda.

— Norman Jewison

For me, Fitzgerald was one of the great American writers of the last century; a wordsmith, a storyteller, a perfectionist.

— Robert Littell

Brands should think of themselves not as storytellers but storybuilders. We plant seeds of content and let our community build on it.

— Amy Pascal