Best Storytelling Lines

426 Storytelling quotes by 356 unique authors

I think every beautiful tale in the world hides the truth and reveals it little by little. — Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
I've always said there are four words that every child in the world knows, and those are, "Tell me a story,." Even the people who… — Don Hewitt
My very first lessons in the art of telling stories took place in the kitchen . . . my mother and three or four of… — Paule Marshall
Broken stories can be healed. Diseased stories can be replaced by healthy ones. We are free to change the stories by which we live. — Daniel Taylor
Stories are like birds flying, here and gone in a moment. — P L Travers
What kind of people we become depends crucially on the stories we are nurtured on. — Chinweizu Ibekwe
A spoken story is larger than one unheard, unsaid. In nearly all creation accounts, words or songs are how the world was created, the animals… — Linda Hogan
The word "story" is short for the word "history." They both have the same root and fundamentally mean the same thing. A story is a… — James M. Kouzes
The problem with memory is that is changes whatever it touches. It is never that accurate. As a result, I end up modifying and revising… — Li-Young Lee
A man is always a teller of tales, he lives surrounded by his stories and the stories of others, he sees everything that happens to… — Jean-Paul Sartre
All you can do is show people...You tell stories that are true and compelling. — Bruce Springsteen
Star Wars has always struck a chord with people. There are issues of loyalty, of friendship, of good and evil... The theme came from stories… — George Lucas
I don't know any family that doesn't have a story somewhere. Besides, it you didn't have those things in life, you'd be so bland. — Orlando Bloom
Surely the job of fiction is to actually tell the truth. It's a paradox that's at the heart of any kind of #storytelling. — Jeremy Northam
When the storytelling goes bad in a society, the result is decadence. — Aristotle
A good picture book can almost be whistled. ... All have their own melodies behind the storytelling. — Margaret Wise Brown
I'm just kind of odd. There are dark forces in the world, and if you pay attention to what's going on around you, you end… — Michael Shannon
Actors, we like stories, we like storytelling, we love being a part of the story, and if you give us a story that's interesting then… — Aaron Stanford
My life has been the antithesis of that book 'The Secret'. I've always been interested in doing what I do. I love storytelling and I… — Aaron Stanford
Storytelling is about listening in any media. — Chris Vance
Lettering should be invisible. You shouldn't notice it, unless it is a determined piece of storytelling in graphic design. Whether handmade or digital, the lettering… — Brian Michael Bendis
Someday, I'd like to sit down with a small group of people, in a relaxed environment, and make a film that feels more independent. That… — Chris Wedge
I've been obsessed with this kind of visual storytelling for quite a while, and I try to create material that allows me to explore it. — Brian De Palma
Storytelling is the oldest form of education. — Terry Tempest Williams
The story drove the book. That had a very seminal effect on the way I saw writing and storytelling. If you can set a character… — Dick Wolf

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