the announcement that you are going to tell a good story (and the chuckle that precedes it) is always a dangerous opening. — Margot Asquith Copy Share Image
I was raised by and have raised people who regard telling one story when two would do as a sign someone is… — Linda Ellerbee Copy Share Image
I would rather impress you with my storytelling than with the size of my waist and my hips. — Tink Copy Share Image
'Frankenstein' feels like an ancient tale, the kind of traditional story that appears in many other forms. — Kenneth Branagh Copy Share Image
The story is everything, which means it's our job to tell better stories. — Kevin Spacey Copy Share Image
If I have a problem, it is this: there is a store where everything costs a dollar. — Gary Lutz Copy Share Image
Comedy is changing. The appetite for more diverse stories is getting bigger. — Lolly Adefope Copy Share Image
“Believe it or not, stories don’t function in terms of beginnings, middles and ends, they simply have beginnings, middles, and ends.” — FILM CRIT HULK Copy Share Image
A society that's addicted to narratives with beginnings, middles, and endings will eventually yearn to end. We just want it to end. — Douglas Rushkoff Copy Share Image
If we can find our storytelling in more complimentary ways with the technology, I think it's just going to get better and… — David Droga Copy Share Image
I have always thought that these two ways of talking, one is the fantastic, the fable, the fairy tale, and the other… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
For me, storytelling is all about how we learn about each other. I'm so curious about people, what makes them tick, why… — Thomas Sadoski Copy Share Image
Everything and everybody is sooner or later identified, defined, and put in perspective. The truth as always is simultaneously better and worse… — William Saroyan Copy Share Image
I write about people in small towns; I don't write about people living in big cities. My kind of storytelling depends upon… — Lee Smith Copy Share Image
“T[he rules of writing] require that the episodes in a tale shall be necessary parts of the tale, and shall help to… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
For myself, the only way I know how to make a book is to construct it like a collage: a bit of… — Hilary Mantel Copy Share Image
Reading is like breathing in and writing is like breathing out, and storytelling is what links both: it is the soul of… — Pam Allyn Copy Share Image
“The common cultural narratives would tell me that I somehow failed myself, that I’m a quitter or a loser, that I just… — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
“There was a girl, and her uncle sold her, wrote Mr. Ibis in his perfect copperplate handwriting. That is the tale; the… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
“Finally, I’d say to anyone who wants to tell these tales, don’t be afraid to be superstitious. If you have a lucky… — Philip Pullman Copy Share Image
“[[diving into the wreck]] First having read the book of myths, and loaded the camera, and checked the edge of the knife-blade… — Adrienne Rich Copy Share Image
We brainstorm an idea and then we do flesh it out a little bit - we come up with a script, mostly… — Carrie Brownstein Copy Share Image
“The question is, how do I balance narratives that are wonderful with narratives of wounds and self-loathing? And this is the difficulty… — Chris Abani Copy Share Image
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