1,265 Quotes About Storytelling

In order to have a happy ending, in order to be triumphant, in order to be heroic, you have to tell your own story. The women's movement knows that; black people know that; brown people know that; yellow people know that. You have to be able to tell your own story in order to show that you are worthy--that you belong.

Stories, in order to become stories, must be simplified, stripped of extraneous detail and vagrant feeling

Some stories can never leave you. They stay with you forever.

This old woman can spin a yarn. She puts her whole body in it.

When writing a personal story of what it means to be alive, a person is simply replicating on paper the universal story that all human beings share.

You and I, we're no good at telling a story straight. It won't come off right. Like a dog reciting a sonnet. Impressive, but how much better to let him howl?

When we walk new paths, we often stumble upon new gateways to unknown knowledge about ourselves, the world and the people around us.

Everything turns into a story the moment it's done. The facts of things do not store well. They rot and fall apart. But the stories we tell last and even grow.

No one can destroy their past. You can try your best to cover it up, edit it, run away from it, but the truth will always follow you. Those parts of yourself that you desperately want to hide and destroy will gain power over you. The best thing to do is face them and own them, because they are forever a part of you.