Storytelling Quotes

"To survive, you must tell stories" "The man who writes about himself and his own time is the only man who writes about all people and all time." "One is allowed to change the past, but only in the libraries." "The power of a writer is that he is a powerful figure in the world" "Until the lions have their own historians, the history of the hunt will always glorify the hunter" "It’s with bad sentiments that one makes good novels." "The purpose of literature is to turn blood into ink" "Every story has three parts: The beginning, the middle, and the twist." "I think audiences get too much information, and they’re not feeling enough when they go to a movie." "It’s very important that the film reveals something to you about the artist that makes it." "Novels are a marathon, while screenplays are a sprint" "What I enjoy most are the challenges that the writing process presents" "A movie script is a barebones thing, and publishing a novel is like opening yourself up for criticism and analysis" "Every true writer is like a bird; he repeats the same song, the same way, in a different tree." "I want to write I want to write the songs of my people" "I want people to come away from my films not only entertained but also a little encouraged to be a better person." "Writing is nothing more than a guided dream" "Every great love starts with a great story." "Experience has taught me that the features of a man's face are a narrative which is revealed as attentively as a fragment of a written text " "Because, if one is writing novels today, fieldwork is more and more a lost art. Take all the time you need, sit down with people, and dig deep. Galaxies may be infinitesimal, but no detail is too small."