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title: "5 Storytellers Think Quotes by 5 authors"
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> [I love creating stories, dreaming up characters and breathing life into them. From several generations of Irish storytellers, I think that's what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/linda-conrad/i-love-creating-stories-dreaming-up-characters-and-breathing-life/)

[Linda Conrad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/linda-conrad/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/697/linda-conrad-61684_born_i-love-creating-stories-dreaming-up-char_144214.jpg)

> [While a particularly deft sense of irony may be one of the tools of great storytellers, I think it's also true that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-erickson/while-a-particularly-deft-sense-of-irony-may-be-one-of-the-tools-of/)

[Steve Erickson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-erickson/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/72c/steve-erickson-9119_concerned_while-a-particularly-deft-sense-of-irony_431179.png)

> [My family are all storytellers, and I think I inherited a lot more of that gene than other people in my family.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-c-reilly/my-family-are-all-storytellers-and-i-think-i-inherited-a-lot-more-of/)

[John C. Reilly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-c-reilly/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3e1/john-c-reilly-3317_family_my-family-are-all-storytellers-and-i-thi_563067.png)

> [“Storytellers think they're writing for the audience. They're writing, in a way, to hurt the audience.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-wendig/storytellers-think-they-re-writing-for-the-audience-they-re-writing/)

[Chuck Wendig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-wendig/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b74/chuck-wendig-5165_audience_storytellers-think-they-re-writing-for-t_588460.jpg)

> [I think there are people who are born storytellers. I think of someone like T. C. Boyle or Gabriel Garcia Marquez. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-shields/i-think-there-are-people-who-are-born-storytellers-i-think-of-someone/)

[David Shields](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-shields/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/886/david-shields-8815_born_i-think-there-are-people-who-are-born-st_672079.jpg)

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