Tell them stories. They need the truth you must tell them…

“Tell them stories. That’s what we didn’t know. All this time, and we never knew! But they need the truth. That’s what nourishes them.…

— Philip Pullman

“Don't tell me a true story, tell me a story of truth.”

— Rob Al'dred

My responsibility is to try to tell true stories. To me a true story is always hopeful, but never simply, uncomplicatedly happy.

— John Green

If you tell a true story, you can't be wrong.

— Jack Kerouac

“...that's the way to tell a true story from a made-up one. A made-up story always has a neat and tidy end. But true…

— Elspeth Huxley

“It's not an easy thing to tell a true story.”

— Allen Morris Jones

“I tell you this true story just to prove that I can. That my frailty has not yet reached a point at which I…

— Joan Didion

“Have I heard all the stories I need to hear?" she asked, stupidly. But he answered as if it were a good question. "No,…

— Katherine Catmull

A show could be 10 minutes, seven minutes, 94 minutes. We just need to tell the stories that need to be told.

— Nancy Dubuc

I think we need stories, and we need to tell the stories over and over and over not only to remind us, but to…

— Colum McCann

We [people] are a species that's wired to tell stories. We need stories. It's how we make sense of things. It's how we learn.

— Steven Soderbergh

“There are some themes, some subjects, too large for adult fiction; they can only be dealt with adequately in a children’s book. In adult…

— Philip Pullman

“From now on, every ghost who enters the world of the dead will have to come with a story, the story of his or…

— Philip Pullman

Can you every single day tell a true testimony of who you are? That's really what life is about.

— Cory Booker

If the lies you tell become true. you become a different person.

— Emi (me