Quotes about Storytelling

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Most of the basic material a writer works with is acquired before the age of fifteen. — Willa Cather
This is our story to tell. You’d think for all the reading I do, I would have thought about this before, but I haven’t. — Jandy Nelson, The Sky Is Everywhere
You may tell a tale that takes up residence in someone's soul, becomes their blood and self and purpose. That tale will — Erin Morgenstern, The Night Circus
There is no doubt fiction makes a better job of the truth. — Doris Lessing, Under My Skin: Volume One of My Autobiography, to 1949
[I]t is the wine that leads me on,the wild winethat sets the wisest man to singat the top of his lungs,laugh like a fool — Homer, The Odyssey
But I'm going to try to tell the truth. Except for the parts I'm leav­ing out, because there's still stuff I'm just not — Robin McKinley, Dragonhaven
You want to tell a story? Grow a heart. Grow two. Now, with the second heart, smash the first one into bits. — Charles Yu, How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe
All stories have a curious and even dangerous power. They are manifestations of truth -- yours and mine. And truth is al — Vera Nazarian, Dreams of the Compass Rose
Trust the story ... the storyteller may dissemble and deceive, the story can't: the story can only ever be itself. — James Robertson, And the Land Lay Still
One doesn't intentionally to alter the truth, just enhance it and make it more memorable. — John H. Alexander
I tell the story to you now, but in each telling the story itself changes a little, changes direction, and that in turn — Vera Nazarian, Dreams of the Compass Rose
Storytellers seldom let facts get in the way of perpetuating a legend, although a few facts add seasoning and make the l — John H. Alexander
Luz's manner of speaking made it clear that she had no idea what she might say next. It wasn't that she made things up, — Daniel Alarcón
I can see how I could write a bold account of myself as a passionate man who rose from humble beginnings to cut a wide s — Garrison Keillor, Lake Wobegon Days
Truth for anyone is a very complex thing. For a writer, what you leave out says as much as those things you include. Wha — Jeanette Winterson, Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?
Stored personal memories along with handed down collective memories of stories, legends, and history allows us to collat — Kilroy J. Oldster, Dead Toad Scrolls
We are each warriors of our own times. When we step out of our protective shell, we each encounter forces much more powe — Kilroy J. Oldster, Dead Toad Scrolls
I am a storyteller and experience the bliss of writing. — Amy Leigh Mercree, Joyful Living: 101 Ways to Transform Your Spirit and Revitalize Your Life
Chimerical words, the words were written,Some are wasted; some are still on the page,Tattered words, the words were writ — Nishikant, The Papery Onions
His pen spoke more to her than he ever did”.In the war of words, some are unwritten and some are unspoken. — Nishikant, The Papery Onions