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Storytelling Quotes - Page 4

No, the thing is, we all love storytelling, and as a writer you get to tell stories all the time.

"Joyce Carol Oates: 'I had a dream about a woman whose make-up was dried and cracking, she made a fool of herself'". Interview with Tim Adams, www.theguardian.com. February 25, 2012.

I am teaching. Storytelling is teaching

Frank McCourt (2005). “Teacher Man: A Memoir”, p.26, Simon and Schuster

There is an extraordinary power in storytelling that stirs the imagination and makes an indelible impression on the mind.

Brennan Manning (2013). “NIV, Ragamuffin Bible, eBook: Meditations for the Bedraggled, Beat-Up, and Brokenhearted”, p.2106, Harper Collins

I like storytelling, and I feel more confident as the years have gone on about my ability to do that.

"Walton Goggins' Unchained Melody". Interview with Emma Brown, www.interviewmagazine.com. December 26, 2012.

I've always thought of the western as American storytelling at its best.

"Kiefer Sutherland on finally playing Donald's son and destroying the first '24' action figure". Interview with Will Harris, www.avclub.com. March 7, 2016.

Telling a true story about personal experience is not just a matter of being oneself, or even or finding oneself. It is also a matter of choosing oneself.

Harriet Goldhor Lerner (1993). “The Dance of Deception: Pretending and Truth-Telling in Women's Lives”, Harpercollins

This unceasing interplay between experience and narrative is a uniquely human attribute. We are the storytellers, the ones who put life into words.

Christina Baldwin (2010). “Storycatcher: Making Sense of Our Lives through the Power and Practice of Story”, p.11, New World Library

Storytelling is the oldest form of education.

Terry Tempest Williams (1984). “Pieces of White Shell: A Journey to Navajoland”, p.4, UNM Press