He Quote by Leslie Jordan

I was brought up telling stories, when I was a kid, in the tiny village where I grew up. Storytelling was a tradition.

— Peter Stormare

I'm from the South, so I tend to tell stories. That's how we express ourselves.

— Faith Prince

I come out of a strong oral tradition in the South.

— Horton Foote

Many Southern writers must have learned the art of storytelling from listening to oral tales. I did. It gave me the knowledge that the…

— Erskine Caldwell

My father always taught by telling stories about his experiences. His lessons were about morality and art and what insects and birds and human…

— Walter Mosley

To my father, who told me the stories that matter. To my mother, who taught me to remember them.

— Marita Golden

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

When I was a kid, both my mom and my dad worked night shifts, so we would spend a lot of time at my…

— Katie Hill

All stories teach us something, and promise us something, whether they're true or invented, legend or fact.

— Stewart O'Nan

My dad knows how to tell a story. He'd make me laugh by doing all the different voices.

— Lily Collins

My family, growing up, we really didn't have tradition because my parents divorced when I was 11.

— Angelina Pivarnick

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

— Kenneth H. Blanchard