Storytelling Quote by Javier Cercas

“All great novels are great fairy tales.”

— Vladimir Nabokov

“No lies, I thought, but lots of stories. True stories. True lies. Powerful stories, heroic tales, and cautionary fables.”

— Dorothy Allison

“We're all storytellers. We choose to tell ourselves the kind of tale we want to hear.”

— Danielle Ganek

“Great novels are above all great fairy tales . . . literature does not tell the truth but makes it up.”

— Vladimir Nabokov

“All good stories are true. Even if they were completely made up by the storyteller, there is something in them that resonates with us.…

— C.E. Laureano

“Great stories are sacred, whether they're true or not.”

— Maria Kvilhaug

“I still read fairy tales, and I like them best of all.”

— Audrey Hepburn

“I truly believe that everyone has a story and everyone's story counts.”

— Firoozeh Dumas

“In the entire history of the universe, there are many tales worth telling. ”

— Matthew Kadish

“Most tales carry a kernel of truth, else they're soon forgotten.”

— Karen Azinger

“There are two kinds of tales: one accurate but not true, the other true but not accurate.”

— Margaret George

“We are all stories in the end. Just make it a good one”

— The Doctor