Storytelling Quotes · Page 56

I'm quite interested in the absolute roots of narrative, why we tell stories at all: where the monsters come from.

— Anne Enright

Storytelling is about two things; it's about character and plot.

— George Lucas

All my stories are like the Greek and Roman myths, and the Egyptian myths, and the Old and New Testament.

— Ray Bradbury

I like storytelling, and I feel more confident as the years have gone on about my ability to do that.

— Walton Goggins

If the Bible is a creation myth, it is an amorphous confusing one

— Todd Gitlin

We've got so many stories to tell, you know, we could take on the world.

— Yahoo Serious

I think the more honest you are with the storytelling, the better it works.

— Fede Alvarez

A lie took two parties - the weaver of the tale and the sucker who so badly wanted to believe it.

— Jodi Picoult

It took many years to accept that fantasy is the fuel for my storytelling passion, and without that, I really am a…

— Kelley Armstrong

I love an action sequence that's not just purely about the rollercoaster of it, but a sequence that allows the storytelling to…

— Gareth Evans

I've always been interested in the manufacturing of narratives, identities, and ideologies, and how they are embodied and negotiated by viewers.

— Martine Syms

It is in your DNA to love a good story. You know, neat tales with heroes and villains and conflicts to resolve.…

— Barry Ritholtz

“Magic is the most interesting art because people not necessarily want to learn to paint after they see a great painting, but…

— Amit Kalantri

“The rest, but a small part, is fiction, part of the mosaic of storytelling that a writer must employ to bring life…

— Glenn Meade

I like storytelling. We all have an active thing that we do that gives us self-esteem, that makes us proud; it's necessary.…

— Paul Zindel

I've spoken before on how the art of storytelling has been lost a bit. I definitely feel 'Empire' is helping to reprogram…

— Ne-Yo

At its best, fantasy rewards the reader with a sense of wonder about what lies within the heart of the commonplace world.…

— Patricia A. McKillip

We didn't have any books at home. Not even children's books or fairy tales. The only 'fantastic' stories came from religion class.…

— Herta Muller

I've always been interested in medicine and was pleased when my brother became a doctor. But after thinking seriously about that field,…

— Lois Lowry

“For as long as she can remember, telling stories has been her momma's gift to those around her, fables filled with rich,…

— Sara Stark

“Family myths are cherished by the people who--however unwittingly--have brought them into being. In my own situation, what my father was really…

— Mark Sichel

“Narratives are the primary way in which we make sense of our lives, as opposed to, for example schema,cognition, beliefs, constructs. Definition…

— Jacqui Stedmon

There is a myth that writers get to choose their stories. You don't get to choose your story any more than you…

— Alexandra Fuller

The way that people are watching TV is changing. The landscape of television is changing. Movies are becoming much more insular. They're…

— Seth Gabel

Stories break silence and nourish those who work, feel, and dream.

— Carmen Naranjo

“There is not a trace of blood anywhere except here, in my throat, where I am telling you all this.”

— Lê Thi Diem Thúy

We usually center our narratives that come out of Hollywood from a white male center.

— Misha Green

“My stories are not against anyone; they are for the life we need.”

— Dorothy Allison

I like narrative storytelling as being part of a tradition, a folk tradition.

— Bruce Springsteen

Myth and mythology often serve constructive and aspirational purposes. But they also do harm.

— Fred Kaplan

One of the things that's important about family is the narrative history they create for themselves.

— Gabe Newell

As human beings, we are all not conducting just one narrative but many narratives all at the same time.

— David Hare

If historians don't tell stories at the scales of creation myths, someone else will.

— David Christian

I filmed my first narrative feature in 2006, a story set in Rwanda called 'Munyurangabo.'

— Lee Isaac Chung

“I told my three sons stories about germs more than fifty years ago as fanciful bedtime tales.”

— Arthur Kornberg

Robert Bolt's storytelling is the kind that I grew up with and aspired to.

— Peter Morgan

As much as I love storytelling, I've always been drawn to talent.

— Marc Platt

“The thing about fairy tales was having faith in the things that don't come true, and appreciating them when they do.”

— Shey Stahl

“Tales are not created to tell the truth, the truth as relative as everything else in life”

— أميرة الشربيني Amira Elsherbiny

“Everything is a story, a narrative, a sequence of events with characters communicating an emotional content.”

— Carlos Ruiz Zafón