Telling stories Quotes · Page 7

“Roz is telling a story. That's what they will do, increasingly in their lives: tell stories. Tonight their stories will be about…

— Margaret Atwood

“We testify of what we have experienced and witnessed. May our testimony inspired others to share their story.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

My career has been driven with the hope of telling stories, as it helps me to judge people less.

— Parvathy

Directing is one of my favourite things to do because I love telling stories and I love working with the individual artists…

— John Lasseter

To make movies you just have to want it enough. You have to have the passion for telling stories. You have to…

— John Carpenter

Film is all about telling stories, and telling stories is the thing that has pushed forward humanity from the beginning of storytelling.

— Nia DaCosta

“... telling herself stories about herself in a singsong voice, creating her own mythology.”

— Abraham Verghese

I think I would have been a hopeless spy. I love telling stories and am almost entirely unable to keep a secret.

— Ben Macintyre

My father always taught by telling stories about his experiences. His lessons were about morality and art and what insects and birds…

— Walter Mosley

Young women should be telling stories of other young women. And if the superstar who is an amazing storyteller isn't a writer,…

— Justin Tranter

I grew up in a very loving but very broken family, and I suppose that's why I'm drawn to telling stories about…

— Peter Hedges

I'm not a writer because I want to make money. I'm a writer because I'm a very slow thinker, but I do…

— Gregory Maguire

Life is a story. You and I are telling stories; they may suck, but we are telling stories. And we tell stories…

— Donald Miller

“Your darkest moments are not meant to be swept under the carpet, hidden from the world in the silent pursuit of perfection.…

— Vironika Tugaleva

When I was 20, I used to go around telling stories, and I knew where I was comfortable - onstage, talking, making…

— Ron White

Television has - particularly at the HBO level in the United States - become a completely new genre. Something like Deadwood or…

— William Gibson

Be it acting, writing, directing or producing, I love cinema. I love the art of telling stories and I'm happy doing one…

— Dia Mirza

I like being part of good movies and telling stories that mean something to me. I also like playing characters that I…

— Katie Holmes

I love telling stories, and I'm a born storyteller. That's what I do, and that's what I want to continue to do.

— Brynn Cartelli

My favorite thing in the world is telling stories, and most of what I do is telling stories through music.

— Taylor Swift

We love telling stories about characters who you root for, even though they sometimes make it really hard for you to root…

— Anna Boden

We need art. We've been telling stories since the beginning. As human beings, we need it for our survival.

— Lili Taylor

We're always telling stories, we're supposed to be reacting, a man and woman on the ice, it's romantic.

— Scott Moir

“This is what I liked most about my friends: just sitting around and telling stories. Window stories and mirror stories.”

— John Green

I just I love telling stories and as long as I can make my living doing that in all the different mediums…

— John Buffalo Mailer

I remain committed to telling the stories of women of the African diaspora, particularly those stories that don't often find their way…

— Lynn Nottage

“Do you really know yourself so well or are you making it up?' she asks. Some things I concoct, some I glean…

— Erri De Luca

I don't think it's going to be possible for the next generation of writers to tell stories without telling stories about telling…

— Dan Harmon

I mean, at the end of the day we're still telling stories and so we're just trying to stay focused on characters…

— Ryan Fleck

I want to contribute to the culture and keep great writers alive by telling the stories of their lives.

— Fred Kaplan

Ever since I can remember I was telling stories and had a huge interest in other people and what made them tick.

— Candace Bushnell

I am interested in people. I'm interested in telling stories, whether that is behind the camera or in front of the camera.

— Amanda de Cadenet

Films are artifice. We're telling stories on film. At the same time, when it works, there is a real tough immediacy and…

— Paul McGann

“Whenever we share a personal story with other people, we provide an enchanting testament that illustrates the distinctive tinting of our estranged…

— Kilroy J. Oldster

We are, as a species, addicted to story. Even when the body goes to sleep, the mind stays up all night, telling…

— Jonathan Gottschall

I think telling stories is like pushing something. Pushing against uncreation itself, maybe.

— Stephen King

The healing that can grow out of the simple act of telling our stories is often quite remarkable.

— Susan Wittig Albert

[ Gil Cates] said, "You've got a point of view with your magic. There's this comedy to it, there's drama. You're telling…

— David Copperfield

Whether I'm telling stories in songs or if directing is the next step, being a storyteller is what I like doing.

— Kelly Jones

I love telling stories and acting and entertaining people. I don't want to make fun of people.

— Bob Saget