66 Quotes About Story-telling

School children, who have enjoyed reading a romance or a detective thriller or a novel about terror and conquest, make the invariable mistake of studying literature in the college. They make the mistake of learning theory in place of art; they acquire impediments in their own enjoyment of the books by allowing a set of theories to govern their own reading.

Thus I rediscovered what writers have always known (and have told us again and again): books always speak of other books, and every story tells a story that has already been told.

And they want me to hear the story direct from the horse’s mouth.”“So now I am a horse? A horse is not kosher!

Revenge. Justice. Love. They are the three stories that all other stories are made up of. It's the trifecta.

He likes a good story, especially when he is the main character.

Every story needs to be worth telling.

FACTUALIZED FICTION IS ALWAYS BETTER THAN FICTIONALISED FACTS.

From a tiny seed to dispersed pollen grains hoping to bloom someday – everything holds a story within it. We just need to observe a little more.

Gramps said, 'How about a story? Spin us a yarn.