It is the storyteller who makes us what we are, who creates history. The storyteller creates the memory that the survivors must… — Chinua Achebe Copy Share Image
I think of myself in the oral tradition-as a troubadour, a village tale-teller, the man in the shadows of the campfire. That's… — Louis L'Amour Copy Share Image
I figured out I wanted to tell stories in college. I'm an only child who moved around a lot growing up, and… — Joe Robert Cole Copy Share Image
I enjoy storytelling. I like to write it, I like to direct it, I like to act in it, I like to… — Bryan Cranston Copy Share Image
I sang in the coffee houses . . . in the early 60's with no idea of success in terms of records… — Judy Collins Copy Share Image
The writer cannot be a mere storyteller; he cannot be a mere teacher; he cannot merely X-ray society’s weaknesses, its ills, its… — Ken Saro-Wiwa Copy Share Image
I remember one review of The Office Christmas Special that compared it unfavourably to Dickens. What? You're saying I'm not as good… — Ricky Gervais Copy Share Image
Cosmology is among the oldest subjects to captivate our species. And it’s no wonder. We’re storytellers, and what could be more grand… — Brian Greene Copy Share Image
The issues which mattered to me as an activist, mainly things like prison reform and AIDS, have less of a chance of… — Rachel Maddow Copy Share Image
Well, equity matters. I hope that most of us believe that we actually would all benefit from living in a more equitable… — John Landgraf Copy Share Image
“Now a narrative is a story, not logic, nor ethics, nor philosophy. It is a dream you keep having, whether you realize… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
To be a good storyteller one must be gloriously alive. It is not possible to kindle fresh fires from burned-out embers. I… — Ruth Sawyer Copy Share Image
The Nigerian storyteller Ben Okri says that ‘In a fractured age, when cynicism is god, here is a possible heresy: we live… — Ben Okri Copy Share Image
I love telling stories. I think of myself as a storyteller, and I don't feel bound by being just a singer or… — Zooey Deschanel Copy Share Image
“I'm only a kind of book doctor. I can give books new bindings, rejuvenate them a little, stop the bookworms from eating… — Cornelia Funke Copy Share Image
The earliest storytellers were magi, seers, bards, griots, shamans. They were, it would seem, old as time, and as terrifying to gaze… — Ben Okri Copy Share Image
When I think of my art tribe - you know, my peeps - there are certain people who are autobiographers that I… — Regina Spektor Copy Share Image
Sad words are just another beauty. A sad story means, this storyteller is alive. The next thing you know something fine will… — Chris Cleave Copy Share Image
I grew up in a place where everybody was a storyteller, but nobody wrote. It was that kind of Celtic, storytelling tradition:… — Irvine Welsh Copy Share Image
The film itself involves a New York City radio storyteller, Gabriel Noone, who strikes up a friendship with one of his fans,… — Armistead Maupin Copy Share Image
Without a doubt my mother was an inspiration for my writing. This is true in many ways, but mostly because she is… — Elizabeth Strout Copy Share Image
...I do have to wonder what sort of childhood the Grimm brothers endured. They are not a merry bunch of storytellers, what… — Libba Bray Copy Share Image
“It is the storyteller's prerogative to try to write, every now and then, the ending she might wish for. Even if it… — Natasha Solomons Copy Share Image
My family are all storytellers, and I think I inherited a lot more of that gene than other people in my family.… — John C. Reilly Copy Share Image
When you do The Work, you see who you are by seeing who you think other people are. Eventually you come to… — Byron Katie Copy Share Image
Public libraries are our great teachers and storytellers, and are a vital adjunct to our schools. In this day of standardized and… — Julie Andrews Copy Share Image
My models were oral, were storytellers. Like my grandmothers and my aunts. It's true, a lot of people in my life were… — Edwidge Danticat Copy Share Image
“Like his other books, Kershaw has written a rousing tale of little-known heroes . . . The Few marks Kershaw as a master storyteller." — Booklist” — Alex Kershaw Copy Share Image
Our duty as storytellers is to bring people to the station. There each person will choose his or her own train...But we… — Federico Fellini Copy Share Image
There's always going to be pressure, and there's always going to be an area where you disappoint. As a storyteller, you have… — Florence Pugh Copy Share Image
My desire as a storyteller is to always catch the readers off guard; to give them something they aren't expecting, and take… — Chris Claremont Copy Share Image
Although arguably, it's my job to dig deep whether I'm improvising or not. It's just their style. That's the way they feel… — Amanda Peet Copy Share Image
Also, in my acting, I feel very much like a storyteller, exploring the flaws of the characters that I interpret. I look… — Danny Huston Copy Share Image
“Rook was a journalist but strove to be a storyteller, one who let his subjects speak for themselves and stayed out of… — Richard Castle Copy Share Image
The poet or storyteller who feels that he is competing with a superb double play in the World Series is a lost… — John Cheever Copy Share Image
“A major writer combines these three - storyteller, teacher, enchanter - but it is the enchanter in him that predominates and makes… — Vladimir Nabokov Copy Share Image
I was always a filmmaker before I was anything else. If I was always anything, I was a storyteller, and it never… — Nicholas Meyer Copy Share Image
“Finally, the seventh power cue helps you put it all together to become a master storyteller who actually synchronizes brain waves with… — Nick Morgan Copy Share Image
I am a storyteller. I've never been interested in just taking the single image and moving on. I always like to stay… — Larry Clark Copy Share Image
While a particularly deft sense of irony may be one of the tools of great storytellers, I think it's also true that… — Steve Erickson Copy Share Image
