1,265 Quotes About Storytelling

People tell stories all the time: the stories they want told, where any story could be changed or warped this way or that.

The thing people don't always want to realize is that stories have great power whether they get told or not.

There are so many great stories that happen in real life there's really no need to think them up at all. I always tell children I have got idea antennae flapping around waiting to grab ideas as they fly past.

Los niños obligan a los padres a buscar un pulso específico, una mirada, un ritmo, la manera correcta de contar una historia, a sabiendas de que las historias no arreglan nada ni salvan a nadie, pero quizás hacen del mundo un lugar más complejo y a la vez más tolerable. Y a veces, sólo a veces, más hermoso. Las historias son un modo de sustraer el futuro del pasado, la única forma de encontrar la claridad en retrospectiva.

Every person, according to an ancient legend, is born into the world with two bags suspended from their neck: all bags in front full of their neighbors’ faults, and a large bag behind filled with his own faults. Hence it is that people are quick to see the faults of others, and yet are often blind to their own failings.

Art goes both ways. Writers tell stories & think they mean one thing. Readers take stories into their own lives & they mean something else.

Jimmy said Starlight was the name given to them that got teachin's from Star People. Long ago. Legend goes that they come outta the stars on a night like this. Clear night. Sat with the people and told'em stuff. Stories mostly, about the way of things.""The wisest ones got taught more. Our people. Starlights. We're meant to be teachers and storytellers.

She's a tale spinner," he said. "She spins 'em right outta the air. Tells 'em whole so's you'd think yer readin' a book.

First, something basic: a storyteller never writes down everything he knows about his characters. There's no need for readers to know everything. Some of it is better kept secret between the author and his creations.