We are storytelling creatures, and as children we acquire…

“We choose perfumes for ourselves so we can tell the stories inside of us— the ones that we can't possibly put into words.”

— C. JoyBell C

Tell me how much a nation knows about its own language, and I will tell you how much that nation knows about its own…

— John Ciardi

We need language to tell us who we are, how we feel, what we're capable of- to explain the pains and glory of our…

— Maya Angelou

However great one's gift of language may be, there is always something that one cannot tell.

— Mary MacLane

Language both reflects and shapes society. Culture shapes language and then language shapes culture. Little wonder that the words we use to talk to…

— Rosalie Maggio

Even when people can't speak your language, they can tell if you have love in your heart.

— Pat Nixon

Every film had its own grammar. And it's your job as a director to basically figure out a language to tell a story.

— Darren Aronofsky

I always had stories inside my head and one day I just decided to start writing them down. I didn't actually decide.

— Judy Blume

“I used to think there was nothing I could do to change the way my family saw me. There was nothing I couldn’t say.…

— Michelle Hodkin

Each of us has a family tree full of stories inside of us, Dirk thought. Each of us has a story blossoming out of…

— Francesca Lia Block

I’ll walk forever with stories inside me that the people I love the most can never hear.

— Michelle Hodkin

“Growing up, I used to climb out my window onto the roof and look up at the stars. There, in the quiet, I would…

— Christy Hall

With 'The Tudors,' I had a huge amount of material, I mean so many books and so much stuff about what they really said.…

— Michael Hirst

I didn't know anything about writers. It never occurred to me they were regular people and that I could grow up to become one,…

— Judy Blume

I like to tell stories in my writing but I definitely use my own life experiences to tell that story.

— Snoh Aalegra