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God gave music the power to carry his light into the darkness. That’s a mighty privilege. It means intentionally telling stories and writing songs that… — Andrew Peterson
Writers shouldn’t underestimate the difficulty of what they’re doing, and they should treat it with great seriousness. You’re doing something that really matters, you’re telling… — David Guterson
All of us somehow felt that the next battleground was going to be culture. We all felt somehow that our culture had been stolen from… — Kalle Lasn
My very first lessons in the art of telling stories took place in the kitchen . . . my mother and three or four of… — Paule Marshall
I was telling stories before I could write. I like to tell stories, and I like to talk to things. If you]ve read fairy tales,… — J. California Cooper
Everyone sleeps, except lovers, who stay awake, telling stories to God — Rumi
It's horrid to be called a Shakespearean actor because that's incredibly limiting, and we love acting. We like telling stories; anything that excites us we… — Timothy Dalton
We need art. We've been telling stories since the beginning. As human beings, we need it for our survival. — Lili Taylor
Hollywood has its own way of telling stories. I was just telling stories that I was familiar with. And it's what I want to do… — Ice T
However much I may like to talk about or be interested in a more philosophical or moral agenda, [film] is, ultimately, about narrative. And it's… — Edward Zwick
There's no other way to learn about it, except through documentaries. I encourage documentarians to continue telling stories about World War II. I think documentaries… — Steven Spielberg
I'm not a writer because I want to make money. I'm a writer because I'm a very slow thinker, but I do care about thinking,… — Gregory Maguire
I now possess the tools as a producer and a songwriter to really just go out and make smashes all day long. I could make… — J. Cole
I like telling stories of imperfect people because most people are imperfect. — David S. Goyer
When I entered college, it was to study liberal arts. At the University of Pennsylvania, I studied English literature, but I fell in love with… — Andrea Mitchell
I like telling stories. — Hunter Parrish
Sometimes I think I'm a one-trick pony because I'm not very inventive about new ways of telling stories. — Sara Paretsky
I got a Super 8 camera when I was eight years old, and I just wanted to tell stories - I love telling stories. — Brett Ratner
Even the pictures I was doing at college - a little narrative based on a butterfly catcher, or a chimney sweep - the images were… — Tim Walker
I love telling stories. I like the challenges presented to me on a daily basis. There's nothing resting about acting. — David Morrissey
Films are artifice. We're telling stories on film. At the same time, when it works, there is a real tough immediacy and spontaneity to it,… — Paul McGann
When a friend needs consoling, do not give in to the temptation of telling stories similar to theirs of disaster or bereavement. It is something… — Giles Andreae
I can't imagine a mental life, a spiritual existence, not inextricably bound up with language of a formal, mediated nature. Telling stories, choosing an appropriate… — Joyce Carol Oates
There's a great tradition in storytelling that's thousands of years old, telling stories about kings and their palaces, and that's really what I wanted to… — Aaron Sorkin
I'm a writer. I just love telling stories. — Kurt Busiek

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