Best Storyteller Quotations

279 Storyteller quotes by 238 unique authors

To poison a nation, poison its stories. A demoralised nation tells demoralised stories to itself. Beware of the storytellers who are not fully conscious of… — Ben Okri
When you play a violin piece, you are a storyteller, and you're telling a story. — Joshua Bell
A road-wise folkie with a bluesy soul reminiscent of early Michelle Shocked, Melissa Crabtree is an original storyteller and performer not to be missed. — Catie Curtis
Eduardo Halfon is a brilliant storyteller, whose gifts are displayed on every page of this beautiful, daring, and deeply humane book. — Daniel Alarcon
Lansens is a willing storyteller.... As a writer, she desires a particular kind of reader, one who wants above all to be transported--who might sit… — Noah Richler
It's been a privilege to write for you and to have you accept me as a storyteller in your lives, Now, as my story draws… — Bryce Courtenay
William Shakespeare was the most remarkable storyteller that the world has ever known. Homer told of adventure and men at war, Sophocles and Tolstoy told… — Marchette Chute
In writing, the connection between storyteller and audience is just as important. By using some subtle devices, a narrator can reach out to the reader… — Constance Hale
Robert Louis Stevenson...was a storyteller, that's what I'd like to be, that's what I'm trying to be — Unknown Author
Each of us has been designed for one of two immortal functions, as either a storyteller or as a cross-legged listener to tales of wonder,… — Bryce Courtenay
That's the mark of a great storyteller, never to give away secrets in advance. — Ian McDiarmid
Night after night, through years of performing and directing, I've stood in awe of the audience, of its capacity for response. As if by magic,… — Robert McKee
Man is eminently a storyteller. His search for a purpose, a cause, an ideal, a mission and the like is largely a search for a… — Eric Hoffer
Stories are the collective wisdom of everyone who has ever lived. Your job as a storyteller is not simply to entertain. Nor is it to… — Unknown Author
Acting is my first focus, but at the core, I'm a storyteller, and however that comes out is fine with me. — Santino Fontana
What I find interesting about folklore is the dialogue it gives us with storytellers from centuries past. — Terri Windling
Gilbert has established herself as a straight-up storyteller who dares us into adventures of worldly discovery, and this novel stands as a winning next act.… — Barbara Kingsolver
A true storyteller is really good at writing himself into a corner and then finding a way out of that corner — Michael Chabon
A kid who has just started to lie is taking the first step as a storyteller. — Young-Ha Kim
Storytellers don't show, they tell. I'm sticking with that. — Ashly Lorenzana
I have the great privilege of being both witness and storyteller. Intimacy, trust and intuition guide my work. — Jim Goldberg
The film itself involves a New York City radio storyteller, Gabriel Noone, who strikes up a friendship with one of his fans, an abused 14-year-old… — Armistead Maupin
Brands should think of themselves not as storytellers but storybuilders. We plant seeds of content and let our community build on it. — Amy Pascal
No, you're either born a writer, a storyteller, or you're not. — John Milius
When the storyteller tells the truth, she reminds us that human beings are more alike than unalike... A story is what it's like to be… — Maya Angelou

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