For me, the best journalism is usually the best storytelling, and the best stories are those of real people. — Jason Rezaian Copy Share Image
Writing imaginative tales for the young is like sending coals to Newcastle. For coals. — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
People take what they need from the stories they hear. The tale is often wiser than the teller. — Susan Fletcher Copy Share Image
I come from a big family where we tell big stories. All we had was the storytelling. — Maverick Carter Copy Share Image
Everything is a narrative in life. I learned that early on as a reporter at the 'Washington Post.' — Kara Swisher Copy Share Image
Begin your story with a sentence that will immediately grab hold of your listener's ears like a surly nun in a Catholic… — Amy Sedaris Copy Share Image
Fairy tales are experienced by their hearers and readers, not as realistic, but as symbolic poetry. — Max Luthi Copy Share Image
He told them tales of bees and flowers, the ways of trees, and the strange creatures of the Forest, about the evil… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“That guy in the corner. Never tells the truth, as a matter of principle. Why answer a question, he says, if you… — Pete McCarthy Copy Share Image
I think, with the balance of personal narrative, narrative continuity, and aesthetics, I always lean into what's interesting to me. — RaMell Ross Copy Share Image
“For me, stories are like WD-40 for the brain: they keep all the wheels and gears and clicky-things running smoothly. Without them,… — The Inkslinger Copy Share Image
With storytelling, you have to see yourself as the hero in the movie of your own life, and I kind of see… — Baron Vaughn Copy Share Image
Narrative and characters have always interested me. I never tried to alienate an audience. Of course, gradually, I wanted a bigger and… — Miranda July Copy Share Image
You have to think about storytelling over the long haul: what is going to engage an audience for, potentially, years and how… — Jeremy Podeswa Copy Share Image
I surrendered to a world of my imagination, reenacting all those wonderful tales my father would read aloud to me. I became… — Andrew Wyeth Copy Share Image
“A man is made of memories. It is all we are. Captured moments, the smell of a place, scenes played out time… — Mark Lawrence Copy Share Image
Writing plays supplied for me everything that painting didn't, which is the ability to tell stories in real time, in a real… — Beau Willimon Copy Share Image
There are very few films that I've ever seen in my life that would be as silent or vacant as something like… — Kiefer Sutherland Copy Share Image
“Once upon a time all the men of mind and genius in the world became of one belief—that is to say, of… — F. Scott Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
“What we believe affects our choices, our actions, and subsequently, our lives. The Greeks believed in thier gods, and this belief affected… — Amy Harmon Copy Share Image
With fiction, I've grown to really love the challenge of lying, the challenge of telling a good tale that isn't truthful, and… — Kevin Macdonald Copy Share Image
“Everyone tells a story about who they are in their own head. That story defines you, dictating all your actions and all… — Mia Sheridan Copy Share Image
When J.J. [Abrams] called Lisa [Joy] and myself, he pitched us this idea of, what if we turn the structure around and… — Jonathan Nolan Copy Share Image
![“Narrative and characters have always interested me. I never tried to alienate an audience. Of course, gradually, I wanted a bigger and bigger space to draw people in, so it's very organic [growth].” quote by Miranda July](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/81a/miranda-july-1600_audience_narrative-and-characters-have-always-int_1677503.jpg)
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