Best Storytelling Quotes

426 Storytelling quotes by 356 unique authors

Remember, the essence of storytelling demands that we place our main characters on a path. A quest with something at stake, with something to do,… — Larry Brooks
Death of the Father would deprive literature of many of its pleasures. If there is no longer a Father, why tell stories? Doesn't every narrative… — Roland Barthes
We want to be famous as a writer, as a poet, as a painter, as a politician, as a singer, or what you will. Why?… — Harry Crews
An author must learn the principles of good storytelling only in order to write better from the heart. — Uri Shulevitz
Songwriters I've always been drawn to are people who deal with something of depth in the lyric writing. ...I've always been influenced by the folk… — Bruce Hornsby
What’s really important is storytelling. None of it matters if it doesn’t support the story. I thought The Avengers was an appalling film. They’d shoot from some… — Unknown Author
Studios and networks who ignore either shift — whether the increasing sophistication of storytelling, or the constantly shifting sands of technological advancement — will be… — Kevin Spacey
There's a wealth of literature out there which, hopefully, will be, you know, exploded in the future, and I personally find it very rewarding to… — Sean Bean
European films were what it was about for me - the sensations I needed, the depth, the storytelling, the characters, the directors, and the freedom… — Charlotte Rampling
I praise CBS for taking a risk, which is always the price you pay for opportunity. This is not standard movie of the week storytelling.… — Tom Selleck
I love storytelling so for me to get behind a story and get in there early in its infancy and kind of develop it in… — Josh Hutcherson
For me, the drive is storytelling. To be a part of an art that tells a story and to be a catalyst, a color in… — Alden Ehrenreich
As long as we are engaged in storytelling that moves the culture forward, it doesn't matter what format it is. — LeVar Burton
Storytelling is the important thing. — Vincent Kartheiser
I don't think there's a way to replace Stabler. The most I could hope for is to come and try and develop a character who… — Danny Pino
Rap is rhythm and poetry. Hip-hop is storytelling and poetry as well. — Ajay Naidu
Storytelling is what lights my fire. — Hope Davis
Orson Welles was a force of nature, who just came in and wiped the slate clean. And Citizen Kane is the greatest risk-taking of all… — Martin Scorsese
I like storytelling, and I feel more confident as the years have gone on about my ability to do that. — Walton Goggins
I see manuscripts and books that are spoiled for the literary reader because they are one long stream of top-of-the-head writing, a writer telling a… — Sol Stein
I've set the bar quite high in terms of storytelling. — E. L. James
Fantasy is, at its best, the purest access to storytelling that we have. It universalizes a tale, it evokes wonder and timeless narrative power, it… — Guy Gavriel Kay
But, number one, I think traditional noir doesn't work in contemporary storytelling because we don't live in that world anymore — Brian De Palma
So I like to try to go back and develop pure visual storytelling. Because to me, it's one of the most exciting aspects of making… — Brian De Palma
Science is the storytelling of our time. — William Irwin Thompson

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