Forget Quote by Michelle Dean

People have forgotten how to tell a story.

— Steven Spielberg

People are over 20 times more likely to remember a story than a series of facts and figures. A good story touches our hearts.

— Bill Capodagli

There's something exhilarating about telling stories that haven't been shared before and haven't been told publicly before. The last thing I want to be…

— Alex Kotlowitz

Power consists to a large extent in deciding what stories will be told.

— Carolyn Heilbrun

I recognize that memory is far from infallible though. If I feel like I can't accurately describe something, I just leave it out. I…

— Marie Calloway

It's probably why I'm a short story writer. I tend to remember things in the past in narrative form, in story form, and I…

— Tobias Wolff

A story is ultimately a memory. It's important when you're telling a story to think about why this memory is a memory. You don't…

— Matt Besser

The power that you have as a storyteller is to be able to tell stories that are at once entertaining but also never lose…

— Cheo Hodari Coker

You have no idea the power generated each time somebody is told a story. When a conscious, sentient mind willingly ignores what is real,…

— Derek Landy

I think, for me, I have to remember that I'm telling a story in some way.

— Kristin Chenoweth

Storytelling sticks in the mind because it attaches emotions to events, and that's the way we remember things. If you don't tell stories, no…

— Nick Morgan

We can tell people abstract rules of thumb which we have derived from prior experiences, but it is very difficult for other people to…

— Anonymous