Abstract Quote by John P. Kotter

Stories, as much as we like to talk about them, retrospectively, as emanations of theme or worldview or intention, occur primarily as technical objects…

— George Saunders

Stories are how we learn best. We absorb numbers and facts and details, but we keep them all glued into our heads with stories.

— Chris Brogan

“As the video game designer and writer James Wallis puts it, “Human beings like stories. Our brains have a natural affinity not only for…

— Jonathan Gottschall

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

— Yuval Noah Harari

“People are hardwired to listen to stories. Stories are the way human knowledge was passed down before the written word. Storytelling is hardwired into…

— Akash Karia

“Research on the human brain has shown it is predisposed to think in the terms of a story.36 This predisposition is continuously reinforced and…

— Isaiah Hankel

Storytelling is powerful; film particularly. We can know a lot of things intellectually, but humans really live on storytelling. Primarily with ourselves; we're all…

— Richard Linklater

“For me, stories are like WD-40 for the brain: they keep all the wheels and gears and clicky-things running smoothly. Without them, cognitive function…

— The Inkslinger

“Stories are psycho-diagnostic ― they diagnose the condition of our psyches. When we watch, read or hear a story, whatever detail jumps out reflects…

— Thea Euryphaessa

The brain needs to have a story; it needs to have a logical screenplay telling where we're coming from and what we're going to.

— Miguel Nicolelis

I think storytelling in general is how we really deeply know things. It's ancient.

— Ellen Ullman

I've gotten used to spending more time with heavily narrative stories.

— Joshuah Bearman