Approval Quote by Graham Greene

“It is the storyteller's task to elicit sympathy and a measure of understanding for those who lie outside the boundaries of State approval.”

— Graham Greene

“Stories are vehicles for conveying who we are, what is important, and what ought to be done..”

— David Vermette

Stories teach us empathy. They reveal to us ourselves in the skins of others.

— Justin Simien

Part of our job as storytellers is to show people pockets of the world that they don't know. The more we understand, the more…

— Taylor Sheridan

Storytellers broaden our minds: engage, provoke, inspire, and ultimately, connect us.

— Robert Redford

“So I believe in the redeeming power of stories, I believe that stories are incredibly important, possibly in ways we don't understand, in allowing…

— Neil Gaiman

“Every story is an act of trust between a writer and a reader: each story, in the end, is social. Whatever a writer sets…

— Barry Lopez

The purpose of a storyteller is not to tell you how to think, but to give you questions to think upon.

— Brandon Sanderson

“Accurate and questioning dramatic and written narratives that expose true human character, is the necessary glue of any intelligent, enduring and compassionate society.”

— Yon Walls

“Stories let us see and hear and feel what someone else does,” she explained. “They build bridges to the other islands. That’s why stories…

— Cynthia Hand

“In every person's story there are unknowns-struggles only they know about, fears they've tried to overcome but still harbor, disappointments & sorrows they bear.…

— Jane Clayson Johnson

“Empathy, the way that we can place ourselves, imaginatively, in the position of another person, is at the heart of what we do as…

— Brenda Walker