Astronaut Quote by Etgar Keret

I believe that everyone has a story, and it is important that we encourage all students to tell theirs.

— Erin Gruwell

Teaching does allow me to keep one foot in the youthful waters I tend to occupy in my novels, so I'm thankful for that.…

— Alafair Burke

My real purpose in telling middle-school students stories was to practice telling stories. And I practiced on the greatest model of storytelling we've got,…

— Philip Pullman

I really love helping students and helping them empathize with people who lived a really long time ago. That's one of the highlights of…

— Deborah Harkness

Telling your story is transformative. For both the storyteller and their audience, a new bridge to understanding is created.

— Susan Burton

I love stories about teachers. For some reason I can't get enough of those kind of stories. If I turn a movie on about…

— Jim Carrey

My students often say, 'My roommate read this story and really liked it,' and it's hard to convince them that there are things wrong…

— Joyce Carol Oates

“I love the process of creating a story that will resonate in my readers lives ~ either inspiring them, educating them, or entertaining them.”

— Kathryn Albright

I approach stories as a private educational enterprise: I want to learn about something. I teach myself through research, reporting, and thinking, and then,…

— Susan Orlean

“The best way to teach people is by telling a story”

— Kenneth H. Blanchard

I really like visiting schools, but what I tell students isn't anywhere near as interesting to me as what they tell me.

— Eric Schlosser

The truth is, I'm a storyteller. And it scares me, because my training as an academic is that the more accessible you are and…

— Brené Brown