Quotes About Author

I am a storyteller by trade.

I'm interested in the film world; I love being a storyteller.

When I first encountered Shakespeare as a boy, I read every word this man has written. To me, he is like an African storyteller.

Alf Wight was first and foremost a great storyteller. From all the interesting people Alf had spoken to from all over the country, particularly vets, Alf wrote their stories down.

John Grisham is one of the greatest storytellers of all time.

We wanted to capture Danvers' humor and flaws. For us as storytellers, those are all aspects that we really appreciate in characters.

I still very much appreciate the storytelling of the best rappers.

I developed a knack for storytelling early on around the kitchen table with my family. I just happen to be a funny guy.

The passion and knowledge of journalism as storytelling is incredibly infectious.

If there's a new HBO series, you know there's going to be a certain level of storytelling mastery - that you can trust it.

I like the storytelling and reading the letters, the long-distance dedications. Anytime in radio that you can reach somebody on an emotional level, you're really connecting.

Because of all the concurrent stories going in 24 and its fast pace, it can be complicated in terms of the story, so I thought sound could help with the storytelling.

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

My dad did a wonderful feat of memory and storytelling by taking T S Eliot's 'Four Quartets' on the road in a one-man show.

The story drove the book. That had a very seminal effect on the way I saw writing and storytelling. If you can set a character in a story that is compelling and has a backbone, you draw people in.

I haven't thought about getting into production. I'm interested in the creative aspect of storytelling.

The Monte Carlo TV Festival is great because it's a celebration of television and great storytelling.

I think being snobby about the kind of storytelling people do, it just irks me. It irks me. And in fact, it's one of the things that drives me to make as many horror movies as I do.

There is commerciality in storytelling, even in a film or a piece of literature. These things exist. That's why stories came to be: to hold attention and, while you're not looking, you'll get hopefully some nutritional value that the author has been working up. That's narrative; that's passing stuff down.

The natural milieu I inhabit is more in epic storytelling.

The author always knows more than the reader does at the start of a novel, and gradually, they share that knowledge with the reader - that's storytelling.

I am a storyteller, and I take great pride in the storytelling and a great joy.

I like to start with the first chapter, end with chapter 40. No flashbacks, nothing fancy, just a direct storytelling.

As filmmakers, we love ambitious storytelling; it's one of the reasons we pushed to do 'Civil War.' We want to be as ambitious in scope as we possibly can.