We are storytelling animals, and cannot bear to acknowledge the ordinariness of our daily lives. — Stephen Jay Gould Copy Share Image
Human beings are storytelling animals. That's what separates us from other creatures, not just having thumbs or using tools. — Marion Dane Bauer Copy Share Image
“We are pattern-seeking, storytelling animals, and have been since we began drawing on cave walls.” — William Landay Copy Share Image
Humans are, by nature, pattern-seeking, storytelling animals, and we are quite adept at telling stories about patterns whether they exist or not. — Michael Shermer Copy Share Image
Don't despair for story's future or turn curmudgeonly over the rise of video games or reality TV. The way we experience story… — Jonathan Gottschall Copy Share Image
“Man is the Storytelling Animal, and that in stories are his identity, his meaning, and his lifeblood.” — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
There are a million ideas in a world of stories. Humans are storytelling animals. Everything's a story, everyone's got stories, we're perceiving… — Richard Linklater Copy Share Image
Children, only animals live entirely in the Here and Now. Only nature knows neither memory nor history. But man - let me… — Graham Swift Copy Share Image
“To grow up steeped in these tellings was to learn two unforgettable lessons: first, that stories were not true (there were no… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
