Storytelling Quotes

426 quotes by 358 authors

Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it. — Hannah Arendt
Storytelling is fine as long as you can encourage people to act on the stories. — Karen Armstrong
You're never going to kill storytelling, because it's built into the human plan. We come with it. — Margaret Atwood
Storytelling is a very old human skill that gives us an evolutionary advantage. If you can tell young people how you kill an emu, acted… — Margaret Atwood
I really love storytelling, and I love the stories as they reveal themselves. It's an incredibly nourishing process; it's probably the closest I come to… — Alan Ball
My background was producing and writing and performing in television when I started out, and I really missed that, that whole creative process that comes… — Eric Bana
My major allegiance has been to storytelling, not to history. — Russell Banks
The art of storytelling is reaching its end because the epic side of truth, wisdom, is dying out. — Walter Benjamin
It's all storytelling, you know. That's what journalism is all about. — Tom Brokaw
What I want to write about has changed somewhat, and the scope of the storytelling has changed accordingly. — Terry Brooks
I had the most incredible English and literature teachers in school, and it really influenced my love of storytelling. It's what made me excited to… — Sophia Bush
Write the kind of story you would like to read. People will give you all sorts of advice about writing, but if you are not… — Meg Cabot
Actors have an opportunity to use storytelling as a way to solve pain. — Nicolas Cage
But short films are not inferior, just different. I think the short gives a freedom to film-makers. What's appealing is that you don't have as… — Jane Campion
I mean, I'm in the business of storytelling, not message making. — John le Carre
The thriller is not a recent invention. It probably goes back to the dawn of storytelling. — Lee Child
People believe in God because we are pattern-seeking, storytelling, mythmaking, religious, moral animals. — Michael Shermer
Good storytelling is harder than it sounds, but the easy part is that everyone has the ability to do it. ...Tap into it. — Peter Guber
I think that instinct, that storytelling instinct, rescued me most of my life. — Armistead Maupin
Storytelling and elegant style don't always go hand in hand. — Donna Tartt

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358 authors contributed a total of 426 Storytelling Quotes, led by these top contributors: