Tell Stories Quotes

215 Tell Stories quotes by 183 unique authors

I would say try to tell stories that you care about as opposed to stories that you think will sell. — Alan Ball
I just do the best I can and write something interesting, to tell stories in an interesting way and move forward from there. — Anthony Bourdain
I like telling stories, and I tell stories that interest me. It would be boring to have to go to nothing but the best restaurants.… — Anthony Bourdain
I am very lucky that I get to tell stories for a living. I love being able to grab people's attention, to keep them turning… — Harlan Coben
What I want to do is tell stories about normal people in the American suburbs. I don't write the book where it's a conspiracy reaching… — Harlan Coben
Somebody asked me earlier if I thought it was really important to tell stories about women's struggles. And I said yes, but at the same… — Diablo Cody
I write to tell stories. I believe that there a some professions in the world that will last forever: doctor or a nurse, teacher, builder… — Unknown Author
We are all creative, but by the time we are three of four years old, someone has knocked the creativity out of us. Some people… — Maya Angelou
In the South, we tell stories. We tell stories if you're in a sales position, if you're in a retail position, you lure your customer… — Tate Taylor
Tattoos tell stories of crime and passion, punishment and regret. They express an outlaw, antiauthoritarian point of view and communicate a romantic solidarity among society's… — Unknown Author
As a novelist, I tell stories and people give me money. Then financial planners tell me stories and I give them money. — Martin Cruz Smith
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
The job of a storyteller is to tell stories, and I have concentrated on that obligation. — James A. Michener
If you like to tell stories and compose sentences, and if you work hard at being good at these things, then you are a writer… — Trenton Lee Stewart
I write because something inner and unconscious forces me to. That is the first compulsion. The second is one of ethical and moral duty. I… — David Guterson
I write at eighty-five for the same reasons that impelled me to write at forty-five; I was born with a passionate desire to communicate, to… — James A. Michener
I am a director because I believe in my own impulses and my own point of view, and that belief encourages me to tell stories… — Anna D. Shapiro
You know what is good about these Dixie Chicks burnings or bashings? It's a wonderful, wonderful way for really stupid people to hook up. They… — Janeane Garofalo
Hollywood used to be run by artists and people who loved artists... people who wanted to make movies for all the right reasons. For the… — Matthew Lillard
It’s such a fun job, and it can be silly and light and about making people laugh. I think I was doing it a disservice… — Emma Stone
I’m not a brain surgeon, I’m not saving anyone from any life-threatening illnesses. But I get to tell stories, and that’s a pretty important task. — Emma Stone
I always wanted to tell stories and act. — Eli Wallach
I love to tell stories and this is my way of getting them down on paper. — Eli Wallach
I want to tell stories and make people feel good. That's when music is at its finest. — Kelly Rowland
I have a desire to tell stories. And I'm never quite satisfied. — Martin Scorsese

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