1,265 Quotes About Storytelling

It's a long story."Zach cupped his hands around his mug. He raised it to his lips, wincing as the liquid burned his tongue. His smile reached his eyes. "That's my favorite kind," he said.

You want to tell a story? Grow a heart. Grow two. Now, with the second heart, smash the first one into bits.

Everyone has a story inside them. It's your truth. Write your truth!

He who writes is the martyr, seen through the eyes of the unassuming doll.

The magic of a story is when the characters come to life, and defy our expectation.

A writer's role was never just to tell stories, but to create a world to encompass and share with others.

George Banks and all he stands for will be saved. Maybe not in life, but in imagination. Because that's what we storytellers do. We restore order with imagination. We instill hope again and again and again.

Vesta was so good with paperwork – you could hand her a file of drab, seemingly dull information and she’d construct a story from it worthy of a novel.


When we want mood experiences, we go to concerts or museums. When we want meaningful emotional experience, we go to the storyteller.