Quotes About Storytelling

If I seem to wander, if I seem to stray, remember that true stories seldom take the straightest way." Chronicler

If you do as I tell you, you'll have nothing but smooth silver scars to show the ladies how brave you are.

Es como contar un chiste. Cualquiera puede recordar las palabras. Cualquiera puede repetirlo. Pero para hacer reír necesitas algo más. Contar un chiste no lo hace más gracioso. Como ocurre con muchas cosas, es mejor vacilar que precipitarse.

History tends to be rather dry but everyone enjoys a story

In my defense, I could have dispensed with the truth entirely and told a much better story. Lies are simpler, and most of the time they make better sense. Losi

One story even mentioned rainbows. Who would write that? Why make a child terrified of rainbows?

I am a myth," Kote said easily, making an extravagant gesture. "A very special kind of myth that creates itself. The best lies about me are the ones I told.

I haven't told many stories lately, and I find myself unreasonably dry.

Tutte le storie sono vere» disse Skarpi. «Ma questa è accaduta davvero, se è questo ciò che intendi.» Bevve lentamente un altro sorso, poi sorrise di nuovo, i suoi occhi vivaci che danzavano. «Più o meno. Devi essere un po' bugiardo per raccontare una storia nel modo giusto. Troppa verità confonde i fatti. Troppa onestà ti fa sembrare falso.

Jos vaikuttaa siltä, että mutkittelen tai harhailen, muista, että oikeat tarinat valitsevat harvoin lyhimmän tien.

Bast followed him and almost sat down before returning to grab the bottle too. "Not too much of that," Kvothe cautioned as he stepped into the back room. "I don't want you giggling through my story.

No hay ninguna buena historia que no contenga nada de verdad [...]. Supongo que aquí hay tanta verdad como en cualquier otro sitio. Es una lástima, al mundo le vendría bien un poco menos de verdad y un poco más de...? No terminé la frase, porque no sabía de qué quería más.

En resumen, una buena historia. Y si bien no era del todo cierta… bueno, al menos contenía parte de verdad. Diré, en mi defensa, que habría podido prescindir por completo de la verdad y haberles contado una historia mucho mejor. Las mentiras son más fáciles, y casi siempre tienen más sentido.

You have to be a bit of a liar to tell a story the right way. Too much truth confuses the facts. Too much honesty makes you sound insincere

A real story takes time to prepare

So this is the defference between telling a story and being in one, he thought numbly, the fear.

More or less. You have to be a bit of a liar to tell a story the right way. Too much truth confuses the facts. Too much honesty makes you sound insincere.

I have heard it from the mouths of the Edema Ruh, so I know it to be true.

I have talked to Gods, loved women, and written songs that make the minstrels weep. You may have heard of me.

blatherskate," I

lo delgada que es la línea que separa la verdad de una mentira convincente. La línea que separa la historia de un relato entretenido.

More or less. You have to be a bit of a liar to tell a story the right way. Too much truth confuses the facts.

Las historias reales pocas veces toman el camino más recto.

Patrick Rothfuss