Cuban Quote by Carmen Agra Deedy

I grew up in Sierra Leone, in a small village where as a boy my imagination was sparked by the oral tradition of storytelling.…

— Ishmael Beah

I was brought up telling stories, when I was a kid, in the tiny village where I grew up. Storytelling was a tradition.

— Peter Stormare

I always had an interest in telling stories.

— Omari Hardwick

Long before I wrote stories, I listened for stories. Listening for them is something more acute than listening to them.

— Eudora Welty

My family were great story-tellers. My mum was one of 12 and they were all fighting to tell stories. You have to tell a…

— Denise Mina

I was always storytelling, since I was a child. I remember myself at 10 years old telling stories to my sisters and brother. This…

— Pedro Almodovar

I grew up in a society with a very ancient and strong oral storytelling tradition. I was told stories, as a child, by my…

— Khaled Hosseini

I come from a family of storytellers. My grandmother was great at telling stories, and my mother was an amazing storyteller.

— Dianne Reeves

I've always been interested in listening to people's stories.

— Jens Lekman

I listened to a lot of stories when I was a kid. My mother told me stories, and I loved them.

— John D. Voelker

When I was little, I always used to like to tell stories cuz it was entertaining to people.

— Slick Rick

I'm from the South, so I tend to tell stories. That's how we express ourselves.

— Faith Prince