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426 Storytelling quotes by 356 unique authors

Theatre, film and television are all modes of storytelling, and many of us are fortunate enough to move freely among them without feeling that we've… — Theresa Rebeck
I've never been a fan of whimsical or confusing storytelling. — Paul Thomas Anderson
Many Southern writers must have learned the art of storytelling from listening to oral tales. I did. It gave me the knowledge that the simplest… — Erskine Caldwell
I grew up as a fifth-generation Jew in the American South, at the confluence of two great storytelling traditions. After graduating from Yale in the… — Bruce Feiler
Because having your story told, as a woman, as a person of color, as a lesbian or as a trans person, or as any member… — Kerry Washington
Reading is like breathing in and writing is like breathing out, and storytelling is what links both: it is the soul of literacy. The most… — Pam Allyn
You can't visit readers where you think they are. You have to invite them home to where you are and try to lure them into… — Jo Nesbo
Electronic music lends itself to an abstract way of storytelling, so it keeps evolving. Theres a whole movement truly driving music further and there is… — Hans Zimmer
If you’re too rigid in your thinking you may miss some wonderful opportunities for storytelling. — Vince Gilligan
I love all things Queen - their songs are epic storytelling. — Nina Arianda
The theory I'm putting forward here is that storytelling is a genetic characteristic in the sense that early human hunters who were able to organize… — Daniel Quinn
Not all poetry wants to be storytelling. And not all storytelling wants to be poetry. But great storytellers and great poets share something in common:… — Sarah Kay
The wider the author's arsenal of tools and the better technically equipped the storyteller is, the better the tale will be. — Carlos Ruiz Zafon
The storytelling ... is kind of amazing. — Lisa Schwarzbaum
What keeps faith cheerful is the extreme persistence of gentleness and humor. Gentleness is everywhere in daily life, a sign that faith rules through ordinary… — Garrison Keillor
Neanderthal man listened to stories, if one may judge by the shape of his skull. — E. M. Forster
From earliest times, humans - explorers and thinkers - have wanted to figure out the shape of their world. Forever, the way we've done that… — Adam Savage
And it's only the beginning of a new era of exceptional Star Wars storytelling; next year we'll release our first standalone movie based on these… — Bob Iger
I did have a feeling then that the culture of factuality was so dominating that storytelling had lost all its authority. — E L Doctorow
A touch of science, even bogus science, gives an edge to the superstitious tale. — V. S. Pritchett
A story with a moral appended is like the bill of a mosquito. It bores you, and then injects a stinging drop to irritate your… — O. Henry
Star Trek' is the McDonald's of science fiction; it's fast food storytelling. Every problem is like every other problem. They all get solved in an… — David Gerrold
There are no stories without meaning. And I am one of those men who can find it even when others fail to see it. Afterwards… — Umberto Eco
I think storytelling is all about children. We human beings love to hear stories being told - and it first happens when you're a kid. — David Chase
In December 2011, I will be opening up my production house, Sharmeen Obaid Films, and aspire to change the way Pakistanis approach nonfiction storytelling. There… — Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy

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