Quotes About Legacy

My grandparents, they came through Ellis Island in 1923, and you know, I'd heard all the stories.

My grandfather told me our history through his stories about all the great Zulu battles.

All of us in the Ball family in South Carolina, from the time we're children, hear stories about our ancestors, the slave owners.

My little book of stories, 'Souls in the Twiligh,' may have to stand in for all the other things I have wanted to write in my retirement.

I want the legacy of Chi Chi Devayne to be a damn good performer that came from nowhere and took the world by storm.

The natural end of an era, as designers whose houses bear their names grow old and pass away, combined with the arrival of digital cameras and Internet exposure, has created a perfect storm.

Dad was that one person who, no matter what he did in life, he just took it by storm, and he was so passionate and just really lived in the moment. Whatever the opposite of a procrastinator is, that was him... and I think I kind of inherited a little bit of that.

Dave Cockrum's work at Marvel and DC defined my childhood and inspired me to be a comic book creator. Without Dave, there is no New 'X-Men' resurgence, there is no Colossus, Storm, Nightcrawler, Lilandra, Star Jammers, or the Imperial Guard. His influence on generations of fans cannot be measured.

Like the greats, you want to make your own story yourself, and not be a copy of another.

I am the old story. L'histoire ancienne. But an old story can still be a good story, no?

Shakespeare is still Shakespeare because story rules.

Food is all about the story of a people through the ages.

I think it's linked to the realisation that we're not going to live forever and that the way of saying and the language become more important than the story.

Without a doubt my mother was an inspiration for my writing. This is true in many ways, but mostly because she is a wonderful storyteller, without even knowing it.

Sam Walton was a master storyteller who used illustrative stories to reinforce his cultural standards.

I want to be remembered as a storyteller more than someone who had something meaningful to say.

I don't want to be remembered as a writer. I would rather be remembered as a storyteller.

I want to be remembered as a storyteller.

I owe my whole career as a storyteller to my father. He was an actor/director/producer and teacher.

My grandmother was not a great storyteller.

My mother was an oral storyteller. She would tell stories over and over again.

I come from a long line of storytellers.

I came from a family of incredible storytellers, but I didn't start writing children's books until I was 41 years old.

I come from a family of storytellers.