Lose Quote by Cheo Hodari Coker

The telling of stories creates the real world.

— Alberto Manguel

You have no idea the power generated each time somebody is told a story. When a conscious, sentient mind willingly ignores what is real,…

— Derek Landy

Power consists to a large extent in deciding what stories will be told.

— Carolyn Heilbrun

Narratives have the same power, I think. Some readers of my novels ask me, "Why do you understand me?". That's a huge pleasure of…

— Haruki Murakami

To be a storyteller is to be able to speak truth, to be able to use your imagination, to use the creative gifts that…

— Common

Stories that are real, that create you, rather than be created by you, are powerful.

— Amy Hardie

There is an extraordinary power in storytelling that stirs the imagination and makes an indelible impression on the mind.

— Brennan Manning

How [stories] are told, who tells them, when they’re told, how many stories are told — are really dependent on power.

— Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

To me to be a storyteller is you got to be able to speak the truth. You've got to be able to absorb life…

— Common

Stories are the creative conversion of life itself into a more powerful, clearer, more meaningful experience. They are the currency of human contact.

— Robert McKee

I think the power of storytelling is so important. It helps when people realize they're not alone.

— Cynthia Germanotta

As a storyteller, you have the story that you tell, and you have the way you can tell it, and both are equally important.

— Noah Hawley