Quotes about Story-telling

I love political dramas. I love good story-telling. Votes: 2

The most important thing is story-telling. It's as singular and old-fashioned as that. Votes: 2

I am a story-teller, and I look to academic research... for ways of augmenting story-telling. Votes: 2

If I had to define my philosophy, it would be about exploration, a journey, a story-telling. Votes: 2

Because theatre is a story-telling art form, we feel entitled to assume that the playwright got there before we got there. Votes: 2

Basically, all novelists should want to tell a story, and if they don't want to, they shouldn't be novelists. I think story-telling is important and underrated. Votes: 2

The Celtic folk-tales have been collected while the practice of story-telling is still in full vigour, though there is every sign that its term of life is already numbered. Votes: 2

I enjoy making solo albums because over the years it's evolved into more of a genuine personal expression of story-telling and day dreams, and I work in a way that has more control. Votes: 2

Crime fiction makes money. It may be harder for writers to get published, but crime is doing better than most of what we like to call CanLit. It's elementary, plot-driven, character-rich story-telling at its best. Votes: 2

When I went to America, I spoke so much about who I was and gave so much away in a confessional, Irish, story-telling way that I suddenly realised I had given up a lot of myself. I had to shut up. Votes: 2

One of the things I want to do with 'Desi Rascals' is go a bit deeper into the characters and their family lives and have a bit more heart and a bit more inter-generational story-telling, so it's not all about young people. Votes: 2

With correction, and given the chance, 'Terra Nova' can and will deliver seasons of transcendent images and story-telling. Failing to renew 'Terra Nova' is shortsighted, as myopic as it would have been to scrap the Hubble. 'Terra Nova' is the Hubble Telescope of television. Votes: 2

I think violence, cynicism, brutality and fashion are the staples of our diet. I think in the grand history of story-telling, going back to people sitting around fires, the dark side of human nature has always been very important. Movies are part of that tradition. Votes: 2

I was hugely formed by stories I was told as a child whether that was in a book, the cinema, theatre or television and probably television more than any medium is what influenced me as a child and formed my response to literature, story-telling and, therefore, the world around me. Votes: 2

I certainly grew up seeing more movies and television than I read books, but when it came time to do the thing itself you don't have to hire a lot of people to sit down and write a book, so that was the story-telling medium that was available to me. Votes: 2

Story telling is joke telling. Votes: 0

I'll be at Lambeth telling my story Votes: 0

Make your life a story worth telling, Votes: 0

Every story needs to be worth telling. Votes: 0

The right story needs the right telling. Votes: 0

Any story worth telling is worth exaggerating. Votes: 0

Any story worth telling is worth embellishing. Votes: 0

Marketing, when done well, is about story telling. Votes: 0

I'm telling the same story in every film. Votes: 0

History depends on who is telling the story. Votes: 0

I'm telling a Richard Pryor story through me. Votes: 0

Each song, you're telling a story and acting. Votes: 0

They say a story loses something with each telling. Votes: 0

There is nothing wrong with just telling the story. Votes: 0

Don't spoil a good story by telling the truth. Votes: 0

I'm just basically telling a story of my life. Votes: 0

The first draft is just you telling yourself the story. Votes: 0

When you're telling a story, you've got to give details. Votes: 0

You can't really change the heart without telling a story. Votes: 0

Courage is telling our story, not being immune to criticism. Votes: 0

The story is not in the plot but in the telling. Votes: 0

Authenticy in marketing is telling a story people want to hear. Votes: 0

My wife is the fact-checker, I'm in the story telling business. Votes: 0

Throughout history, story telling was at the very beginning of life. Votes: 0

I love being part of a company, and telling a story. Votes: 0

A story has to break your heart or it's not worth telling. Votes: 0

I hate telling that story to people who've been struggling for years. Votes: 0

For me, it's writing a book and telling people about this story. Votes: 0

When telling a story about how wasted you were last night, stop. Votes: 0

The craft of the novelist does lie first of all in story-telling. Votes: 0

Movie-making is telling a story with the best technology at your disposal. Votes: 0

All photographers have to do, is find and catch the story-telling moment. Votes: 0

Using language like jungle growth isn't the solution to telling a story. Votes: 0

Every leader is telling a story... about what he or she values. Votes: 0

I'm interested in telling the character's story, not my beliefs, political or otherwise. Votes: 0

Acting and singing are actually very similar because they're both telling a story. Votes: 0

It doesn't matter what story we're telling, we're telling the story of family. Votes: 0

I think there's a certain lyricism in the telling of a scientific story. Votes: 0

Each person's life is a story that is telling itself in the living. Votes: 0

I like when you are telling a story and fall into an impression. Votes: 0

I think film, to me, as a director, is about telling a story. Votes: 0

If you're telling a story it's always best not to play the ending. Votes: 0

History's like a story in a way: it depends on who's telling it. Votes: 0

My function as a writer is not story-telling but truth-telling: to make things plain. Votes: 0

The prose as such has to be singing the song the story is telling. Votes: 0

The more personal you get, the more universal a story you end up telling. Votes: 0

No story is worth telling without the twists and turns. Make them count instead. Votes: 0

I like to think that I am telling a story rather than writing it. Votes: 0

Every day is a new opportunity to make your life a story worth telling. Votes: 0

Just as with the quartet, each part of a painting is telling a different story. Votes: 0

The most important thing to realize is that everyone is capable of telling a story. Votes: 0

Telling Phil Hellmuth a bad beat story, is like telling Joan Rivers a Botox Story Votes: 0

When you play a violin piece, you are a storyteller, and you're telling a story. Votes: 0

I got this story from someone who had no business in the telling of it. Votes: 0

Documentarian Laura Poitras has crafted a first-rate Hitchcockian-type thriller telling the story of Edward Snowden. Votes: 0

I'm just grateful to finally be telling a story with all females at the lead. Votes: 0

I think that whenever a book is not a challenge, I'm telling the wrong story. Votes: 0

Most of the pain we feel is nothing more than a story that needs telling. Votes: 0

On average, physicians interrupt patients within eighteen seconds of when they begin telling their story. Votes: 0

Trust me, I'm telling you stories. ... I can change the story. I am the story. Votes: 0

Whatever story you're telling in Louisiana, the landscape is going to become a character in it. Votes: 0

It's dark already and I'm out here again, talking, telling the story to the quiet night. Votes: 0

That's the miracle of telling a story in film: You can express something inside someone's mind. Votes: 0

Everybody's got a different way of telling a story - and has different stories to tell. Votes: 0

You can't be a serious writer of fiction unless you believe the story you are telling. Votes: 0

I think, for me, I have to remember that I'm telling a story in some way. Votes: 0

The telling of a good story, especially one that is real and true, is always exciting. Votes: 0

When you hide another story in a story, that's the story I am telling the children. Votes: 0

I don't ever want anything to come in the way of me truthfully telling a story. Votes: 0

For me, the act of telling the story and showing it to somebody is almost gravy. Votes: 0

I think not many young people are willing to pay the price of telling their own story. Votes: 0

I think when you're telling a story from inside of you that's genuine, people connect with it. Votes: 0

Swimming has been a very effective medium for telling a story about the state of our planet. Votes: 0

Consciousness begins when brains acquire the power, the simple power I must add, of telling a story. Votes: 0

God has a story to tell about you. A major part of it is you telling yours. Votes: 0

Not every story has a happy ending, but that doesn’t mean it’s not worth telling. Votes: 0

Sometimes there's a disjoint between what works on the page and what works with visual story telling. Votes: 0

Sometimes the story we're telling the world isn't half as endearing as the one that lives inside us. Votes: 0

History had its own way of explaining things. The way historians explain things is by telling a story. Votes: 0

I fell in love with the possibilities of telling the story in the future, and married that quickly. Votes: 0

If you have something that people connect with, you want to keep telling that story and progressing forward. Votes: 0

We're all story-telling creatures, and also I think that's the point about biography because the life is exemplary. Votes: 0

Whenever you think that your needs are not being met, you’re telling the story of a future Votes: 0

When you are telling your story, hold your own ink pen. Don't let anybody else tell your story. Votes: 0

I was a young cat, and I was very fast, but I wasn't telling no kind of story. Votes: 0

I wanted to tell a story that interested me as much in the telling as in the watching. Votes: 0

If you aren't telling a good story, nobody thinks you died too soon; they just think you died. Votes: 0

I don't think in terms of optimism and pessimism when writing a story. I am telling a story. Votes: 0

If you keep telling the same sad small story. You will keep living the same sad small life. Votes: 0

Being an actor is an extension of telling a story and I loved story telling as a child. Votes: 0

There are definitely some stories worth telling and I think there's something to be said for telling your story. Votes: 0

Just telling a story. That's cinema. It's not silent, black and white. It's a simple story that's well made. Votes: 0

I think story-telling is innate in human beings, it's something that we've done since we scrawled across cave walls. Votes: 0

Anyone can have a once-upon-a-time or a happily-ever-after, but it's the journey between that makes the story worth telling. Votes: 0

Writers are given one great story to tell their story. I’m telling my story as a political document. Votes: 0

Telling my story is to empower people to believe in their own power. We have so much power individually. Votes: 0

Poetry is a fresh morning spider-web telling a story of moonlit hours of weaving and waiting during a night. Votes: 0

Start telling the story of your amazing life, and the law of attraction must make sure you receive it! Votes: 0

The trouble with telling a good story is that it invariably reminds the other fellow of a dull one. Votes: 0

God is telling an amazing, glorious, epic story. We have to decide if we will trust Him with it... Votes: 0

That's the most important thing for me in TV, telling the story to as many people as we can. Votes: 0

As a writer, I am just an actor in a play, telling a story that needs to be told. Votes: 0

I associate times with certain music. It still is that for me. It's telling the story of our lives. Votes: 0

By telling my own story, I hope to help remove the stigma. It never should be something to hide. Votes: 0

A happy ending isn't really the end. It's just the place where you choose to stop telling the story. Votes: 0

I'm not the go-to guy. Everybody is trying to tell their story and have different ways of telling it. Votes: 0

The unutterable violence of the Holocaust shook our confidence in the possibility of telling any story of faith at all. Votes: 0

Good restaurant design is about achieving equilibrium between the food, service, and design - in effect, telling a complete story. Votes: 0

At the core of investigative journalism is exactly the same thing that drives a page-turning thriller: telling a great story. Votes: 0

Magicians will always tell you the trick is the most important thing, but Im more interested in telling a story. Votes: 0

I'm not interested in telling a story in my photographic work. I'm more interested in freezing certain moments in time. Votes: 0

The sad ending is only because the author stops telling the story. But it still goes on. It's just untold. Votes: 0

I was just fascinated with how everyone else in the world lived, and I was interested in telling their story. Votes: 0

Telling a story in a futuristic world gives you this freedom to explore things that bother you in contemporary times. Votes: 0

Magicians will always tell you the trick is the most important thing, but I'm more interested in telling a story. Votes: 0

Humans are pattern-seeking story-telling animals, and we are quite adept at telling stories about patterns, whether they exist or not. Votes: 0

There's nothing wrong with a male's point of view, obviously, but it's just a different way of telling a story. Votes: 0

Anyone who tells you they're not nervous playing on the CMAs stage, I'm afraid they're not telling you the whole story. Votes: 0

The idea of starting with that Kanye [West] song is declarative. It says, "This is the kind of story we're telling." Votes: 0

The most attractive characteristic in a person is the story they are telling the world. We stop and stare at stories. Votes: 0

Good literature boils down to two things: How interesting is the story you are telling, and how interesting is your telling. Votes: 0

There's nothing funny the first time about telling a story about getting beat up and it makes you leave high school. Votes: 0

And telling a story, I suppose, is like winding a skein of spun yarn- you sometimes lose track of the beginning. Votes: 0

From a craft standpoint, telling a story in the first-person present tense over the course of 500 pages is a daunting challenge. Votes: 0

The longer the president goes without telling his side of the story, the more unease there will be in the public. Votes: 0

Depending on the story that you're telling, you can be relatable to everybody or nobody. I try and tell everybody's story. Votes: 0

Drawing is the poet's written line, set down to see if there be a story worth telling, a truth worth revealing. Votes: 0

As filmmakers, we're constantly always looking for something to bring the audience deeper into the reality of the story we're telling. Votes: 0

What I am telling you, before you begin my story, is this -- two things: I crave truth. And I lie. Votes: 0

If the script is telling the story well, that is your inspiration, and you do not need to go somewhere else. Votes: 0

There is only the actuality of what happens in life. The rest is just a story, no matter who's telling it. Votes: 0

I don't think I've ever really pursued telling my story, but I think things come to you at the right time. Votes: 0

Whatever you do in terms of telling a story, the most important thing that you can define is who you are. Votes: 0

I'm an around-the-way girl. I'm a singer, songwriter. I'm about positivity and spreading a good message and telling the people's story. Votes: 0

Whatever story you're telling, it will be more interesting if, at the end you add, "and then everything burst into flames. Votes: 0

I had a story-telling mother; she's written novels and short stories. So I feel like maybe I'm staying alive by telling tales. Votes: 0

Child,' said the Lion, 'I am telling you your story, not hers. No one is told any story but their own. Votes: 0

When you're writing a novel, you're still telling a story. But you're telling it very differently. It's a craft like anything else. Votes: 0

It's only afterwards that it becomes anything like a story at all. When you're telling it, to yourself or to someone else. Votes: 0

Singing is about telling a story. When you are onstage, you get to be your own self... When acting, you're someone else. Votes: 0

All of my favourite albums have this incredible amount of conceptual glue to them, even if they are not telling a story. Votes: 0

I always wanted to do an animated movie. I find it to be incredibly liberating as a way of telling a story. Votes: 0

Great marketing is all about telling your story in such a way that it compels people to buy what you are selling. Votes: 0

The world is dark, and light is precious. Come closer, dear reader. You must trust me. I am telling you a story. Votes: 0

Not only is your story worth telling, but it can be told in words so painstakingly eloquent that it becomes a song. Votes: 0

Life begins at forty, but so does arthritis, and the habit of telling the same story three times to the same person. Votes: 0

The telling of a story, like virtually everything in this life, was always made all the easier by a cup of tea. Votes: 0

I don't think I have what it takes to make a good action game. I think I'm better at telling a story. Votes: 0

Style is not an end in itself, it is only a means to an end - the means of telling a story. Votes: 0

America is a nation of prayer. It's impossible to tell the story of our nation without telling the story of people who pray. Votes: 0

Each child’s story is worthy of telling. There shouldn’t be a sliding scale of death. The weight of it is crushing. Votes: 0

I'm not interested in breaking news. I'm interested in telling the story of what's going on and then trying to figure it out. Votes: 0

I keep on having ideas and developments. Some happen and some don't, but I still always have a way of telling a story. Votes: 0

You have to know the story that you're telling, and you have to know the tone in which the story is being told. Votes: 0

First-person narrators can't die, so as long as we keep telling the story of our own lives we're safe. Ha bloody fucking Ha. Votes: 0

Re-telling the Christian story is the essence of my vocation. That has been going on since the Evangelists in one form or another. Votes: 0

Nietzsche said that everyone tells themselves the story of their life. That's true about countries, too. We're constantly telling ourselves the American story. Votes: 0

A special effect is a tool, a means of telling a story. A special effect without a story is a pretty boring thing. Votes: 0

Certainly, I devote my energy to both telling my personal life story and seeking self- obliteration. However, I will not destroy myself through art. Votes: 0

I learned another thing, which is that just because someone is eating the ashes of your protagonist doesn't mean you stop telling the story. Votes: 0

Watching a movie from beginning to end is like reading, because even though what you see are images, they are telling you a story. Votes: 0

No love story worth telling is easy. The hills and valleys that make a relationship, in my opinion, is really a dynamic worth watching. Votes: 0

Watching a movie from beginning to end is like reading, because even though what you see are images, they are telling you a story Votes: 0

The only thing standing between you and your goal is the bullshit story you keep telling yourself as to why you can't achieve it. Votes: 0

Life is like that. Death sweeps it away. That's what death is for. That's why they keep telling this story. It's the only story. Votes: 0

We are, as a species, addicted to story. Even when the body goes to sleep, the mind stays up all night, telling itself stories. Votes: 0

Telling a story of illness, one pulls a thread through a narrow opening flanked on one side by shame and the other by trivia. Votes: 0

The simple act of telling a woman's story from a woman's point of view is a revolutionary act: it never has been done before. Votes: 0

We have no filter for music, but we feel it when what's being spoken and sung is telling a story and evidencing a character. Votes: 0

Voice really depends on the answer to the question, Who is telling this story? . . . That will color your diction-and determine your metaphors, your sensibility. Votes: 0

I'm a filmmaker who is known for these ambiguous portraits that tell multiple sides of the story without really telling the audience what to think. Votes: 0

When you have a steady and lifelong group of girlfriends, chances are the person you're telling the story to is actually part of the story. Votes: 0

Animation offers a medium of story telling and visual entertainment which can bring pleasure and information to people of all ages everywhere in the world. Votes: 0

Honestly, there are so many things about structuring a story for film and telling a story for film that are really different from doing radio. Votes: 0

Sometimes people get mad at The Simpsons' subversive story telling, but there's another message in there, which is a celebration of making wild, funny stories. Votes: 0

I think people are tired of being slammed with foul language and sexual content that really has nothing to do with (telling a good story)... Votes: 0

The idea of telling a story in reverse destabilises your ordinary moral reactions. That's one of the points of art - to challenge your preconceptions. Votes: 0

If you read, your book is kind of your friend, because it's like the book is telling you its story and you're being the listener. Votes: 0

When you're telling a story, I think you should tell it to its fullest, with reckless abandon, and absolutely let it be what it is. Votes: 0

I was raised by and have raised people who regard telling one story when two would do as a sign someone is not really trying. Votes: 0

When a woman wins an Oscar for telling a story from a woman's point of view, that's going to be the win. That's the moment. Votes: 0

I don't like books that play to the gallery, but I've become more concerned with telling a story as clearly and engagingly as I can. Votes: 0

Of course I want my films to look really good, but every single element is chosen for a reason. It's telling something in the story. Votes: 0

If you like the story then don't hold back in telling me about it, and if you don't then please keep your opinions to yourself! Votes: 0

A story, after all, does not only belong to the one who is telling it. It belongs, in equal measure, to the one who is listening. Votes: 0

You have to find your tone and work within that to make it as real so the audience can really engage in the story you're telling. Votes: 0

I see myself as anybody, as everybody; I'm not just telling the story of my life to give the reader a picture of who I am. Votes: 0

Writing is something you do alone. It's a profession for introverts who wanna tell you a story but don't wanna make eye contact while telling it Votes: 0

You can be intuitive when you've got a more expansive role. You can get into the poetry of telling the story rather than just pushing buttons. Votes: 0

I'm just trying to make the point that the story we're telling ourselves is often very different from the story we're telling the people around us. Votes: 0

All writers are different, each have their own artist way they go about telling a story. The only thing they have in common, is they write. Votes: 0

I'm still interested in perfecting whatever talents I have and continuing to grow as an actor and continuing to be useful to the telling of the story. Votes: 0

Hallelujah! Amen! Christianity is so inherent in western story-telling, you can't really get around it. But it wasn't something that drew me to it more or less. Votes: 0

This is what life is about: seeing new places, meeting new people, grabbing life by the balls and squeezing until it coughs up a story worth telling. Votes: 0

My mom has a tape from when I was, like, 2 years old, talking with my grandma, telling her a story that's really elaborate about werewolves and wolves. Votes: 0

Woodrell's storytelling is as melodic, jangly and energetic as a good banjo riff.... Sammy Barlach's story is a tragedy, but the telling of it is a pleasure. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

Telling Alan Turing's story in a two-hour film was a tremendous challenge. It felt in some small way like our filmmaking version of breaking the enigma code. Votes: 0

The deepest failures any fiction writer is likely to have are failures of not quite comprehending the truth of the story that he or she is telling. Votes: 0

I still have nightmares of dead comrades, a long time ago, talking to me. 'Emmanuel, don't forget about us, don't give up, keep telling our story.' Votes: 0

Frank Sinatra said this great thing, that singing isn't about singing in tune, or great technical singing. It's about making people believe in the story you're telling. Votes: 0

I guess that is my favorite thing - to make people laugh and also to maybe engage them emotionally and touch them somehow in telling the story. Votes: 0

It's not so much that I got that idea at some point, it came up naturally because of the improvisational nature of the story I was telling. Votes: 0

The most important thing to realise is that everyone is capable of telling a story. It doesn't matter where we were born or how we grew up. Votes: 0

Frankly, I'm mainly telling the story to myself. Thinking about audience is too daunting, and worst case, invites you to homogenize, to soften the hard edges of things. Votes: 0

Escaping into the fantasy of intellectual investigation or narrative story telling makes me feel hopeful. That too is a fiction, but one that makes me feel good sometimes. Votes: 0

I think as long as the standard of quality, the story-telling, film-making, acting etc. etc. remains consistent, then you've got a good change of making a decent anthology. Votes: 0

When everyone is determined to present someone as a monster, there are two possibilities: either he’s a saint or they themselves are not telling the whole story. Votes: 0

For the doubters out there, of course I was going to have help from Penguin's editorial team in telling my story, which I talked about from the beginning. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

I work with gold that holds our past and diamonds that see the future and rubies that long for love. It's just a way of telling a story. Votes: 0

Telling a true story about personal experience is not just a matter of being oneself, or even or finding oneself. It is also a matter of choosing oneself. Votes: 0

If you want to know someone's story, they have to tell it aloud. But every time, the telling is a little but different. It's new, even to me. Votes: 0

I want to work with anyone who's passionate about telling a story. I obviously have a list of people I really love, but it's a really long list. Votes: 0

If a scene doesn't work on three levels - it's not advancing the story, the characters, and telling me something new - then put it in the trash. Votes: 0

The fact that somebody's telling you a story about people who didn't exist doesn't make the experience of the story any less real in your heart and mind. Votes: 0

I start with the history, and I ask myself, 'What are the great turning points? What are the big dramatic scenes that are essential to telling the story?' Votes: 0

I'm interested in reality, and I'm interested in survival. I'm interested in people who aren't the lucky ones, who maybe have a tougher time surviving, and telling their story. Votes: 0

The Irish way of telling a story is a complex and elaborate one, complete with wild exaggerations, a certain delight in improbable fantasy, and a heightened sense of drama. Votes: 0

The characters are telling you the story. I'm not telling you the story, they're going to do it. If I do it right, you will get the whole story. Votes: 0

I write movies, so - I look at boxing, and I commentated on it, as if I were telling you the story of a movie or a short story. Votes: 0

Maybe our telling of the story wasn't as clear as it should have been, but I don't think that's true. In terms of understanding the story, it comes across. Votes: 0

The real difference between telling what happened and telling a story about what happened is that instead of being a victim of our past, we become master of it. Votes: 0

I usually make sure that my stories are from Africa or my own background so as to highlight the cultural background at the same time as telling the story. Votes: 0

We're telling a story. And the demands of that are different from the demands of a documentary. The audience must believe in order to keep faith in the story. Votes: 0

If you want real control, drop the illusion of control; let life have you. It does anyway. You’re just telling yourself the story of how it doesn’t. Votes: 0

When I was a kid I did impressions and funny voices a lot. When I was telling a story I would use the voices to make it more entertaining. Votes: 0

Miss the audience's heart as a filmmaker, and the only wallet that gets hit will be your own. That's because the heart is always the first target in story telling. Votes: 0

I beg of you, you good people who want to hear stories told: look at this page and recognize the wisdom of my grandmother and of all old story-telling women! Votes: 0

When you write a story, you're telling yourself the story," he said. "When you rewrite, your main job is taking out all the things that are not the story. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

I love those people who do story-telling and who ramble on, but I don't do that, I tell jokes - the sort of jokes that anyone really could tell in the pub. Votes: 0

I want to make movies that people see. I really think that movies are the most popular form of story telling ever and have such a huge impact on culture when they do. Votes: 0

Story-telling is subject to two unavoidable defects,--frequent repetition and being soon exhausted; so that, whoever values this gift in himself, has need of a good memory, and ought frequently to shift his company. Votes: 0