Quotes About Storytelling

A lovely young girl lies on a bed in the dark listening to a fairy tale," I said. "But she's naked and the storyteller's hands are all over her.

The rest, but a small part, is fiction, part of the mosaic of storytelling that a writer must employ to bring life to his tale. But as to which part is truth and which small part is fiction, I will leave that for you to decide.

If you travel long enough, every story becomes a novel

Our brains are organized by narrative and image. After

Firelight will not let you read fine stories but it's warm and you won't see the dust on the floor.

Who brings a tale takes two away.

History ain't what it is. It's what some writer wanted it to be.

Until lions have their historians, tales of the hunt shall always glorify the hunters.

History is gossip well told.

Parables don't lie, but liars will parable."—Lip-King.

If there were no such creatures as minstrel-maidens, it would be necessary to invent them.

The mark of good writing, in my opinion, is that the reader is not aware that the story has been written; as he reads, the ideas and images flow into his mind as if he were living them.

For this too I learned, that a storyteller's tale may end, but history goes on always. These events, so distant in legend, play a part in shaping the very events we witness about us, each and every day.

You have given us a part in a story the bards will sing to our children's children.

a storyteller's tale may end, but history goes on always.

Jacqueline Wilson

Jacqueline Wilson

Jacqueline Wilson

Jacqueline Wilson

Jacqueline Wilson

Well, that's where I fall down. I can't imagine a bean. I could never make up a story to save my life.

Jacqueline Wilson

Jacqueline Wilson

Never follow a story with a question, Maisie, not immediately. And remember to acknowledge the storyteller, for in some way even the messenger is affected by the story he brings.