80 Storytellers Quotes for You to Enjoy

Because if we the storytellers don't do this, then the bad people will win. Christiane Amanpour

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Writers are storytellers. So are readers. Oliver North

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All directors are storytellers, so the motivation was to tell the story I wanted to tell. That's what I love. Spike Lee

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Relish being an oddball: Well-behaved, well-adjusted people are hopeless storytellers and, honestly, terribly boring. Twinkle Khanna

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My dream is to work with people like Meryl Streep, Michael Fassbender, Christian Bale and Cate Blanchett. To me, those are true storytellers - genuine people who have stories to tell and make incredible films. AJ Michalka

If Queen Amezan and Queen Penthesilea could somehow meet in real life, they would recognize each other as sister Amazons. Two tales, two storytellers, two sites far apart in time and place, and yet one common tradition of women who made love and war. Adrienne Mayor

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I write and I read, and I write and read my way into and out of ideas and life. And that's what we do. That's what storytellers do. Alexandra Fuller

Life Way Out Write Ideas Read Storytellers

Master storytellers like Jeffrey Archer and Arthur Hailey use simple language. But they manage to grab the attention of the readers right from page one. I'll consider myself a good storyteller the day people believe it's OK to be late for work or postpone deadlines just to finish reading my book. Ashwin Sanghi

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We know there needs to be diversity in storytellers telling their own stories. I think there's a beautiful forward movement in that direction with McQueen telling '12 Years A Slave,' with Coogler telling 'Fruitvale,' and with Daniels telling 'The Butler.' Ava DuVernay

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The success of the storytellers - we're only as good as what we can withhold from the audience. Aspects of surprise and letting things play out for the audience - it's so much a part of their enjoyment. It's one of the great things about working in the movies and being a great storyteller. B. D. Wong

I think it's too fast to say that all sci-fi ultimately winds up having some place in science. On the other hand, imaginative minds working outside of science as storytellers certainly have come upon ideas that, with the passing decades, have either materialized of come close to materializing. Brian Greene

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Listen to great storytellers; slowly, you will learn about voice, timing, tension, structure, climax - all the things you need to tell stories that will capture the imagination of your audience. Carmen Agra Deedy

We will continue to raise the bar for our audience, investing in great storytellers and reflecting the authentic faces and voices of the world around us. Channing Dungey

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I come from a family of storytellers. Charlie McDowell

Family Come Storytellers

I've read a hundred fantastic scripts that didn't pan out as films, and I completely put that on the directors. I've also read some mediocre scripts that have ended up being amazing, and I credit that to the directors. They're the storytellers. If you don't have a good storyteller, you really have nothing. Chris Evans

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I look at myself more as a storyteller than a screenwriter, as pretentious as that may sound, but that's what really attracts me to TED Talks. For me, the really effective ones are being presented by expert storytellers. Damon Lindelof

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What kind of people would be able to rationalize better than other people? Better storytellers, right? Creative people, right? Because if you're creative, you find more ways to cheat and still yourself a story about why this is okay. Dan Ariely

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I work with writers whom I believe to be true storytellers. And because I'm a writer, I pay very keen attention to their vision. I find that so fueling creatively because, in telling those stories, you use everything you've got. You come away with battle scars. It's gratifying and invigorating. Danai Gurira

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All of my peers died of AIDS, and I have no one to celebrate my past or my journey, or to help me pass down stories to the next generation. We lost an entire generation of storytellers with HIV. David Mixner

We have privilege in our hands as storytellers. We need to tell stories that reflect our world. Dede Gardner

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I come from a family of storytellers. My grandmother was great at telling stories, and my mother was an amazing storyteller. Dianne Reeves

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