Storytelling Quotes - Page 2

When the storytelling goes bad in a society, the result is decadence.

Those who do not have power over the story that dominates their lives, power to retell it, to rethink it, deconstruct it, joke about it, and change it as times change, truly are powerless, because they cannot think new thoughts.

We owe it to each other to tell stories.

It's my passion, that's what I wanna do, it's the end goal, that's what I crave every second of the day is to be working on a production but also to be the person leading the production and guiding the pacing of the storytelling.

We are the storytelling animal.

The power of storytelling is exactly this: to bridge the gaps where everything else has crumbled.

Storytelling bridges the generational gaps in ideology.

So I like to try to go back and develop pure visual storytelling. Because to me, it's one of the most exciting aspects of making movies and almost a lost art at this point

A good picture book can almost be whistled. ... All have their own melodies behind the storytelling.

You're never going to kill storytelling, because it's built into the human plan. We come with it.

Somewhere along the way one discovers that what one has to tell is not nearly so important as the telling itself.

The sound of story is the dominant sound of our lives.

A touch of science, even bogus science, gives an edge to the superstitious tale.

Storytelling is important. Part of human continuity.

I've never been a fan of whimsical or confusing storytelling.

What I like is not a particular genre, it's storytelling. There's a lot of great storytelling in jazz, and in folk and in country music.

The problem with memory is that is changes whatever it touches. It is never that accurate. As a result, I end up modifying and revising my own experiences. It's myth making.

It's not magic that takes us to another world - it's storytelling.

Storytelling is the essential human activity. The harder the situation, the more essential it is.

I grew up on movie sets, getting to see storytelling happen up close.

When I pick up the guitar, it's a melody, and that's what drives the lyrics. It's bits and pieces of truth, but it is storytelling.

Storytelling with music is a really powerful device.

I wouldn't trade anything for my story now.

There is no greater power on this earth than story.

The western will always be here. And it just depends on how good you make one. And one movie doesn't kill it. And one movie doesn't preserve it. It's storytelling. It's a very American thing. I'll continue to do it.