Storytelling Quotes · Page 79

I always wanted the fairy tale, but now I want someone who is a great partner.

— Elisabeth Rohm

I got into the genesis of Star Wars, and the tale seemed to me endlessly fascinating.

— Cass Sunstein

People think that stories are shaped by people. In fact, it's the other way around.

— Terry Pratchett

To me, storytelling is a mystery. Especially when you're directing.

— Genndy Tartakovsky

“You can’t expect to live in the world like the world’s your private myth.”

— Ali Smith

The joke is the purest, most essential form of storytelling. Every word has to count.

— Paul Auster

Things That Actually Happen Are Often More Surprising Than Stories That Are Invented...

— Pacifiersucker

“people can die of mere imagination - Geffrey Chaucer, Canterbury Tales”

— Paul Strohm

This was not a fearie tale. This was not the movies. This was life. It hurt more. It was excruciating. It was…

— Francesca Lia Block

The narrative constructs the identity of the character, what can be called his or her narrative identity, in constructing that of the…

— Paul Ricoeur

Seldom does a storytelling talent come along as potent and fully mature as Mike Brotherton. His complex characters take you on a…

— David Brin

I think what I have started to acknowledge is how integral storytelling plays a part in how humanity sees themselves. That means…

— Naomi Ackie

A myth... is a metaphor for a mystery beyond human comprehension. It is a comparison that helps us understand, by analogy, some…

— Christopher Vogler

I liked lots of 'Doctor Who' books, but my favourite tale was a spooky story about two invalid children - who've never…

— Stephen Cole

“When blame and self-judgement are transformed, healed, and cease to be, we have reawakened without the myth, the mythos, of separation. We…

— Wendy E. Slater

There are six myths about old age: 1. That it's a disease, a disaster. 2. That we are mindless. 3. That we…

— Maggie Kuhn

Our thesis is that symbols and myths are an expression of man's unique self-consciousness, his capacity to transcend the immediate concrete situation…

— Rollo May

“Well, alright. Let’s see... Long ago, in the castle town of a kingdom far, far away, there lived a girl named Cinderella...”…

— Patora Fuyuhara

“But Andrew was right about one thing. Human beings need to tell stories. Historically, it's the quickest way we have for transmitting…

— Hugh MacLeod

Unlike other books or TV shows or sometimes life, my narrative worlds are stripped of implicit moral centers. There is only what…

— Chris Abani

“Some stories are easy to follow, and easy to tell. There is an introduction, a twist, and a happily-ever-after. And when telling…

— Andrea Tomić

“Once upon a time, isn't that how all fairy tales begin? Except this isn't your average fairy tale. There are no charming…

— Amy Sumida

“Generally speaking, all true children's stories make promises to their readers. Here you are, they say, unhandy and short, and there is…

— John Goldthwaite

I believe in broken, fractured, complicated narratives, but I believe in narratives as a vehicle for truth, not simply as a form…

— Stephen Greenblatt

Stories are attempts to share our values and beliefs. Storytelling is worthwhile when it tells what we stand for.

— Simon Sinek

I wanted us to go to the Tories when we were strong...not in misfortune to be made an honest woman of.

— Winston Churchill

“If the future depends on stories, then our future looks bright indeed.”

— Pawan Mishra

It's not magic that takes us to another world - it's storytelling.

— Val McDermid

“Maybe, in the end it's the voice that tells the stories more than the stories themselves that matters.”

— Stephen King

STORY, n. A narrative, commonly untrue. The truth of the stories here following has, however, not been successfully impeached.

— Ambrose Bierce

Forget narrative, backstory, characterisation, exposition, all of that. Just make the audience want to know what happens next.

— David Mamet

“This is a fairy tale. A tale of humans and creatures . . . and magic.”

— Shirow Miwa

It is my opinion that a story worth reading only in childhood is not worth reading even then.

— Anonymous

“Each song had a story to tell, each song was a small, but significant tale.”

— Lindy Zart

For me it's always been about the stories, not what medium. The medium is secondary to the stories.

— Cillian Murphy

I'm also on the Board at Sundance, so I've seen witnessed first hand the power of independent storytelling.

— Kenneth Cole

“This was how normal people survived their own fairy tales. They became their own kind of monster.”

— Emily Lloyd-Jones

It's really easy, once somebody passes away, for the tales about them to become taller, the good ones and the bad ones.

— Ashton Kutcher

The emotional tone or affect of the tale should be hot and engaged, not remote and dispassionate.

— Paul Di Filippo

There are few joys to compare with the telling of a well-told tale.

— Charles de Lint