Power consists to a large extent in deciding what stories…

Power consists in one's capacity to link his will with the purpose of others, to lead by reason and a gift of cooperation.

— Woodrow Wilson

“I am the product of all the ancestors getting together and deciding these stories need to be told”

— Rupi Kaur

Precisely that, covering 500 years of African-American history in six hours. I've been working on this for seven years. The biggest challenge was deciding…

— Henry Louis Gates

All the stories of the Bible that I know came to me first from my grandfather's lips... He would see stories in everything. He…

— Philip Pullman

My mother told me stories all the time... And in all of those stories she told me who I was, who I was supposed…

— Paula Gunn Allen

The dead and past stories that I have told again in divers fashions, are not set down without authority.

— Marie de France

When women hear each other's stories, told from the heart, it gives us inspiration to keep on going.

— Elizabeth Lesser

Three of my novels and a good number of my short stories are told from the point of view of men. I was brought…

— Colm Toibin

I see a lot of people who have amazing stories but have been told that their work, their lives, and their stories and not…

— Faith Adiele

Historically, opportunity has been afforded to a limited pool of people, excluding people of color and women. That doesn't diminish the talent or hard…

— Joe Robert Cole

There are stories to be told that are still untold and characters to be portrayed that haven't been portrayed correctly. So there's work to…

— Shonda Rhimes

“Often, then, the stories came pouring out, and often they were set before us slowly and quietly like tea. These slow stories were told…

— Daoud Hari

“Think of all the different ways that stories get told. I’m working with the James Brown people on a movie that will end up…

— Ahmir Questlove Thompson

I have realised there are so many stories which can be told beautifully on screen. It's important to be part of such films.

— Jitendra Kumar

“When we change the shape of the Land, we alter the contents and contexts of our collective, familial, and personal memories. Yet, stories can…

— Ari Berk