Book Quote by Natalie Portman

I wouldn't have thought that the techniques of story-telling, which is what the novel is after all, can vary much because there are two…

— William Golding

Maybe more than a teller, I am a story listener. I really enjoy listening to stories. I remember them and keep them in my…

— Abbas Kiarostami

“It is a law of the story-teller's art that he does not tell a story. It is the listener who tells it. The story-teller…

— Melville Davisson Post

“Our family has survived a long time. We’ve weathered battles and transformations, enchantments and floods and fires. We’ve endured being sent away, and we’ve…

— Juliet Marillier

For a lot of readers these days, a book is something you have to agree or disagree with. But you can't agree with a…

— Howard Jacobson

For me, it's writing a book and telling people about this story.

— Rebecca Skloot

The Book of Telling tells of a woman's journey to uncover the secret life of her father and to find herself in the process,…

— Alan Lightman

“the second book’s for readers, he said. But you can’t know when they’ll come, if they do. It’s the book for telling: no code…

— China Miéville

I don't get into the book-telling business of conversations I have with the president. That's not my style, and I don't think that's a…

— Chuck Hagel

The best listeners listen between the lines.

— Nina Malkin

I think what is important for things to be funny is if you the listener, or the reader, get a chance to supply the…

— Ian Frazier

Conversation, n.: A vocal competition in which the one who is catching his breath is called the listener.

— Ambrose Bierce

I feel that I can teach my listener about a new word they can use too.

— Sandra Cisneros

The single most important key to success is to be a good listener.

— Kelly Wearstler

Listening is a very active awareness of the coming together of at least two lives. Listening, as far as I'm concerned, is certainly a…

— Fred Rogers