Cave paintings Quote by David Massengill

Storytelling is as old as speech. It existed before humans first began to carve shapes in stones and press their hands upon the rocky…

— Kate Forsyth

Throughout history, story telling was at the very beginning of life.

— Anthony Horowitz

Stories match the way our species thinks. Equally important, stories are something we share - everyone everywhere tells stories and oddly enough, in the…

— John Daly

Stories are told over time, and so they naturally accrue meanings.

— John Edgar Wideman

I think story-telling is innate in human beings, it's something that we've done since we scrawled across cave walls.

— Cameron Diaz

Humans think in stories, and we try to make sense of the world by telling stories.

— Yuval Noah Harari

Stories are one thing that will be constant in life. Whether told, written, reenacted they are a fundamental part of human nature.

— Jessica Shirvington

Storytelling, a primitive art, is as old as the beginning of mankind. People want to receive what's out there in the form of stories,…

— Lee Gutkind

I grew up in a society with a very ancient and strong oral storytelling tradition. I was told stories, as a child, by my…

— Khaled Hosseini

I just think, as a species, what we [people] enjoy most is creation and creativity, and telling stories is an extension of expressing all…

— Seth Gabel

In the old days, people would gather around the fire, or they would gather at a tavern, and they'd tell a story. And then,…

— Joseph Gordon-Levitt

Stories are at the very heart of being human; they talk about where we're from, where we are, and where we're going. They're like…

— Bill Harley