I was always writing and telling stories as a kid…

I was brought up telling stories, when I was a kid, in the tiny village where I grew up. Storytelling was a tradition.

— Peter Stormare

Writing is writing. It is all about telling stories, and I've been doing that for so long, in all realms, that it all feels…

— Daveed Diggs

I'm a fan of creative writing and telling stories.

— John Petrucci

The very first thing I tell my new students on the first day of a workshop is that good writing is about telling the…

— Anne Lamott

Film is all about telling stories, and telling stories is the thing that has pushed forward humanity from the beginning of storytelling.

— Nia DaCosta

When I told my parents I wanted to be an actor, my mom was, like, 'I think I heard you say lawyer.'

— Maz Jobrani

My father came from nothing, so he believed that people could do anything if they worked hard enough. I think he liked that I…

— Vince Vaughn

My parents were both in show business. My father was an actor, my mom an actress, and both singers, dancers and actors. They met…

— Micky Dolenz

My hero is Michelle Williams, who I grew close to when we did 'Meek's Cutoff.' She's an extraordinary actor and mom.

— Zoe Kazan

I literally fell into this business. I never came down one day and said, "Atticus' thought of the day...I want to be an actor!"…

— Atticus Shaffer

I have a lot of stories about being a kid because it was the last time I was interesting.

— John Mulaney

I was always writing stories, even as a kid. I always wanted to be in the plays and do that sort of thing. Screenwriting…

— Katie Wech

I listened to a lot of stories when I was a kid. My mother told me stories, and I loved them.

— John D. Voelker

“I remember writing all kinds of stories as a kid, but I really don’t know what the first thing was. Whatever it was, I’m…

— Alistair Cross

I've heard stories about me as a kid. My dad got me a T-shirt that said "here comes trouble," and when I ask my…

— Kristin Bauer van Straten