Being misunderstood Quote by Ben Marcus

“Narrative is an open-ended invitation to ethical and poetical responsiveness. Storytelling invites us to become not just agents of our own lives, but narrators…

— Richard Kearney

Stories are attempts to share our values and beliefs. Storytelling is worthwhile when it tells what we stand for.

— Simon Sinek

“Storytelling is an ancient art that rarely receives the respect it deserves. Is it even possible to find someone these days with the time…

— Erika Eichenseer

Storytelling is an ancient and honorable act. An essential role to play in the community or tribe. It's one that I embrace wholeheartedly and…

— Russell Banks

Anybody working on storytelling has my respect.

— David Cage

In the face of events that threaten to overwhelm our lives, storytelling gives us a way of reclaiming ourselves and reaffirming our connections with…

— Victoria Alexander

Storytelling is a very old human skill that gives us an evolutionary advantage. If you can tell young people how you kill an emu,…

— Margaret Atwood

Stories are medicine. They have such power; they do not require that we do, be, act anything - we need only listen.

— Clarissa Pinkola Estes

I think what I have started to acknowledge is how integral storytelling plays a part in how humanity sees themselves. That means we have…

— Naomi Ackie

Storytelling is fine as long as you can encourage people to act on the stories.

— Karen Armstrong

[Some people think] that storytelling is telling jokes. So they have to be discouraged! Then others think that storytelling-is like an encounter group . . .

— Doris Lessing

Storytelling has always been at the heart of being human because it serves some of our most basic needs: passing along our traditions, confessing…

— Parker J. Palmer