Quotes About Storytelling

Men, it seemed to me in those days, were uniquely honored by the stories that erupted in their lives, whereas women were more likely to be smothered by theirs.

You are full of shit, Sawyer O'Donnell. I believe that you invented the Blarney Stone instead of kissed it.

Fantasy is one of the best mediums for telling two stories (if not more!) at once. They layer on one another: reality and make-believe, life and myth, perception and fact.

Agnes once told me a story about the moon. She said, once its reflection touches the water it turns to gold; but you must never try to steal it, for if you did the night would lose its smile.' And she turned and looked at him as she ended, 'It's the only smile the night has, is the moon.

Métis cultural stories play a crucial role in helping new Métis (those who have been denied their culture) to recreate their sense of self. (p. 37)

They say a story loses something with each telling.

People tell stories and it's up to those who listen whether to believe or not. Shouldn't the storyteller believe it. The storyteller should tell it.

fairy tales, just a fancy word for lies...

People tell stories, and it's up to those who listen whether to believe them or not. It's not the job of the storyteller.

People who say it's a long story mean it's a stupid short one that they're too embarrassed and couldn't be bothered to tell.

People didn't always listen to the narrative, they just looked at the pictures.

They say a story loses something with each telling. If that is the case, this story has lost nothing, for it's the first time it's been told.

Katie: People who say it's a long story mean it's a stupid short one that they're too embarrassed and couldn't be bothered to tell. Why don't you talk to him?

Kad kažu da je nešto duga pri?a, ljudi obi?no žele re?i da je pri?a kratka, ali toliko glupa da ju se stide ispri?ati.

Did he really believe God wrote stories that were open to one explanation only? A story that knew but one explanation could hardly be interesting and was certainly not worth the trouble of remembering.

Without stories there is nothing. Stories are the world's memory. The past is erased without stories.

I want to do stuff like 'Lady Bird.' I want people to say, 'She told amazing stories.'

Dick Gregory and Richard Pryor laid the groundwork for us as Indian-Americans. How can we add our story to their groundwork is the question.

I think that's what distinguishes Schmidt, really. In the movies now, so much of what is appealing to an audience is the dramatic or has to do with science fiction, and Schmidt is simply human. There's no melodrama; there's no device, It's just about a human being.

I agree to play a character if I feel that as an audience member, it will entertain me.

I was an audience member before I'm a filmmaker. All I've tried to do as a filmmaker was to make movies I want to see.

I do films that I'd also like to watch as an audience member.

I would never write a memoir, because it would be too boring.

Part of the thing about why I wrote memoirs rather than a novel is that if anybody is going to tell my story it is going to be me in my way.