Quotes About Storytelling

They sat close to each other, and he told her a story about her eyes. They were beautiful dark lakes in which her thoughts swam about like mermaids. And her forehead was a snowy mountain, grand and shining. These were lovely stories.

The right sort (of story) come of themselves: they tap at my forehead and say 'Here we are.

Hans Christian Andersen

Los cuentos son para dormir a los niños y despertar a los adultos.

Hans Christian Andersen

Hans Christian Andersen

came to anything, very remarkable; and there they are for you. So saying, he gave Joanna the gingerbread man, who was still quite whole—and to Knud the broken maiden; but the children had been so much impressed by the story, that they had not the heart to eat the

Hans Christian Andersen

Oh, you've made plenty of short stories long. But never, ever, have you made a long story short.

We pay attention to what works with our narrative. We tend to dismiss that which does not.

I do believe that there are places where the mythological and the literal touch.

I want to make movies that pierce people's hearts and touch them in some way, even if it's just for the night while they're in the cinema; in that moment, I want to bring actual tears to their eyes and goosebumps to their skin.

I see everything like a movie. I laugh and cry, I smell, touch, see and describe my own experience. I don't care if this sounds strange; I am not the creator - I am only the channel. The story is given to me.

My goals are to tell meaningful stories through songs and touch people's lives... and hopefully make a living doing it.

It's always been my hope that I would write a story that would inspire and would connect with people in a way that would touch hearts.

Sometimes, I have themes that interest me or that touch on larger issues but, really, I'm just trying to figure out the plot, or how the characters work. I'm trying to make the best story I possibly can.

You know how the best story angles often spring from that thought you have on reading an article or watching a show - that thought you have before the responsible journalist in you comes up with something boring. I usually recommend people get in touch with their deep 'reptilian brain.'

At heart, we believe that the films that work well are the films that do touch people emotionally.

My proudest moment is when I'm part of a good film, when people are touched by it.

If people can come out of 'Bin Roye' feeling even just a little bit of what this character felt, and touched your heart, that's enough for me.

I try to stay away from stuff that's just action, action, action, action, action, and you kind of fast-forward through the dialogue scenes. I'm not interested in doing that. Give me a reason to fight, and I'll go there. But don't just make it, 'You touched my pen! Haaa-yah!' I've done that before.

It might be true that we all like to be entertained, but it's also true that we all like to be equally touched by a film.

The basic idea of making this film was that even if one person is touched by the thought in the film, then my job as a storyteller is done.

I'm always going to be able to touch fans and get new fans because everybody goes through something everyday. I just keep touching different subjects by talking to the streets and reaching out to my fans by telling them a story instead of just giving them music to listen.