A collection of 16 Storytelling quotes from succesful writers such as Leo Tolstoy, Robert McKee, Alan Moore and Lewis Caroll. Enjoy!

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After nourishment, shelter and
companionship, stories are
the thing we need most in
the world.

3. Storytelling quotes
When someone is mean to
me, I just make them a
victim in my next
book.

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The purpose of a storyteller is not
to tell you how to think, but to
give you questions to
think upon.

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When we want mood experiences,
we go to concerts or museums.
When we want meaningful
emotional experience, we go
to the storyteller.

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No, no! The adventures
first, explanations take
such a dreadful time.

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If history were taught in the
form of stories, it would
never be forgotten.

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A great lasting story is about everyone
or it will not last. The strange and
foreign is not interesting - only the
deeply personal and familiar.

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A people are as healthy and confident
as the stories they tell themselves.
Sick storytellers can make nations
sick. W ithout stories we
would go mad.

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It's like everyone tells a story about
themselves inside their own head.
Always. All the time. That story
makes you what you are. We
build ourselves out of that
story.

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Stories have to be told or they
die, and when they die, we can't
remember who we are or
why we're here.

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A story is based on what people
think is important, so when we
live a story, we are telling
people around us what
we think is important.

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...required for good fiction: character,
conflict, change through time. And if
you're really blessed, you get
resolution. But life doesn't
usually work out that way

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Artists use lies to tell the truth. Yes, I
created a lie. But because you
believed it, you found something
true about yourself.

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All great literature is one of two
stories; a man goes on a
journey or a stranger
comes to town.

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He paused. His eyes held a distant gleam
as if seeing into his past.
- My first practice was a shock. I was
a cocky smart aleck…
- Was?
- Be quiet. I'm telling a story
here.

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I'll tell you a secret. Old
storytellers never die. They
disappear into their
own story.

18. Storytelling for Public Speakers
From Zero to Hero