Storytelling Quotes

I wouldn't trade anything for my story now.

It's not magic that takes us to another world - it's storytelling.

A touch of science, even bogus science, gives an edge to the superstitious tale.

I make no distinction between writing and storytelling; I've always wanted to tell stories.

Storytelling: the world's second oldest profession.

People believe in God because we are pattern-seeking, storytelling, mythmaking, religious, moral animals.

I'm really trying to focus on the storytelling, more so than ever before I think, partly because it makes for easier pages.

We're all made of stories. When they finally put us underground, the stories are what will go on.

But, number one, I think traditional noir doesn't work in contemporary storytelling because we don't live in that world anymore

I don't know when I made that active decision to be a writer or to try to write, but I know I always liked storytelling.

I grew up on movie sets, getting to see storytelling happen up close.

What I like is not a particular genre, it's storytelling. There's a lot of great storytelling in jazz, and in folk and in country music.

To aspiring writers, I say : Don't give up. Storytelling has been an integral part of the human condition since the beginning of time. Don't let anyone tell you your dreams don't have value. They do.

I love to do fashion. I always put fashion in all of my storytelling because that's what I am, but I'm not selling clothes, I'm telling a story.

I like storytelling. We all have an active thing that we do that gives us self-esteem, that makes us proud; it's necessary. I have to tell stories because that's the way the wiring went in.

Storytelling is my passion, and it rises from a love of reading.

I think the most important part of storytelling is tension. It's the constant tension of suspense that in a sense mirrors life, because nobody knows what's going to happen three hours from now.

Studios and networks who ignore either shift - whether the increasing sophistication of storytelling, or the constantly shifting sands of technological advancement - will be left behind.

I'm too much left brain. I very much have an emotional response to things; I love literature and films and storytelling. I need to nourish my right side, it doesn't get a lot of exercise.

Visual storytelling of one kind or another has been around since cavemen were drawing on the walls.

My life has been the antithesis of that book 'The Secret'. I've always been interested in doing what I do. I love storytelling and I really enjoyed acting, but it never seemed like a realistic thing.

Storytelling with music is a really powerful device.

Your tale, sir, would cure deafness.

People take on the shapes of the songs and the stories that surround them, especially if they don't have their own song.

All photographers have to do, is find and catch the story-telling moment.

I think it's a shame that something as creative and vital to the nature of the human species as story-telling is largely controlled by the soulless cretins known as publishers.

I got this story from someone who had no business in the telling of it.

A story is based on what people think is important, so when we live a story, we are telling people around us what we think is important.

Whoever tells the best story shapes the culture.

A story that must be told never forgives silence.

Real life is never quite as interesting as the story told afterward.

There is no society that does not highly value fictional storytelling. Ever.

My life is making movies. I like storytelling, and I've got a lot of stories that are stored up in my head that I hope to get out before my time is up.

The show is not a history lesson or intellectual exploration. It is entertainment based on tension, irony and storytelling that is closely related to today’s life.

The bedrock thing of country music is, it's about storytelling. I feel like I was able to find a niche because I connected to that in some way.

I hope, too, that my book will illuminate my belief that love of art - be it poetry, storytelling, painting, sculpture, or music - enables people to transcend any barrier man has yet devised.

I just loved storytelling. That's what I thought I would end up doing. I thought I would probably go to school and end up writing for a magazine or something.

I think that any good storytelling lends itself to closing a chapter but also knowing that there's a few more volumes beyond that to dream off of.

The fashion industry is all about storytelling and craftsmanship. Sustainability adds value because it makes that backstory even more impactful.

Storytelling and elegant style don't always go hand in hand.

Good writing is about finding and exploiting anecdotes that resonate with the reader. In storytelling, it's OK if you only make one point, as long as it's a good one.

The thing that I took away as an early fan from Bob Dylan was the storytelling aspects. He can tell some wicked stories.

Most actors are drawn towards historical tellings because it's one of the most simple forms of storytelling.

I think that instinct, that storytelling instinct, rescued me most of my life.

Human beings cannot live without stories.

In storytelling, the audience actually wants to work for their meal, they just don't want to know that they're doing it.

Storytelling is the art of unfolding knowledge in a way that makes each piece contribute to a larger truth.

My major allegiance has been to storytelling, not to history.

Storytelling is the essential human activity. The harder the situation, the more essential it is.

The hardest part about storytelling is knowing what happens in the end.