Storytelling Quotes

"Directing is really exciting. In the end, it's more fun to be the painter than the paint." "For what is the worth of human life, unless it is woven into the life of our ancestors by the records of history?" "It's not a lie. It's a gift for fiction." "A book is a dream that you hold in your hand." "The one thing that you have that nobody else has is you. Your voice, your mind, your story, your vision. So write and draw and build and play and dance and live as only you can." "You don’t have to follow conventional logic to tell a story in a way that's exciting and fresh to the audience." "You're trying to put different rhythms in the film to engage the viewer." "I think there's a vague sense out there that movies are becoming more and more unreal. I know I've felt it." "No matter what you do, your job is to tell your story." "If a victory is told in detail, one can no longer distinguish it from a defeat." "Books are for people who wish they were somewhere else" "History is written by the people" "One of the things about acting is it allows you to live other people's lives without having to pay the price" "Your job is to tell your story." "There is no sale without the story; no knockout without the setup." "Your content should act like a TV show and have multiple seasons." "Don't tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass." "Literature is the magic carpet that flies us to the most wonderful places." "Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it." "Stories are the single most powerful tool in a leader's toolkit"