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Thus I rediscovered what writers have always known (and have told us again and again): books always speak of other books, and every story tells a story that has already been told. ↗

— Umberto Eco

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I think that's the way people absorb television. All the explanations in Doctor Who are there if that's your bag, but they're not essential to your enjoyment of it. An awful lot of storytelling isn't really about making people understand — it's about making people care. ↗

— Steven Moffat

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Write to your heart’s content and by all means, have fun with your creation. It’s your moment to do absolutely anything within those pages. ↗

— Jennifer Murgia

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Any fool can tell a story. Take a few odds and ends of things that happen to you, dress them up, shuffle them about, add a dash of excitement, a little color, and there you have it. ↗

— Lloyd Alexander

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People tell stories and it's up to those who listen whether to believe or not." "Shouldn't the storyteller believe it." "The storyteller should tell it. ↗

— Cecelia Ahern

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During an especially noisy elementary school assembly I witnessed a common marvel.  Someone spoke,"Once upon a time..." into the mic, and the room hushed.  Such magic never ceases to amaze me. ↗

— Richelle E. Goodrich

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I definitely managed to do different kinds of things. My focus is usually who the director is, because at the end of the day the director is the storyteller, what the movie is all about. I don't want to participate in something that I don't think is constructive storytelling. ↗

— Bryce Dallas Howard

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I grew up in a storytelling culture, a tribal culture, but also in an American storytelling culture. ↗

— Sherman Alexie

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I did have a feeling then that the culture of factuality was so dominating that storytelling had lost all its authority. ↗

— E. L. Doctorow

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If you're sitting in your minivan, playing your computer animated films for your children in the back seat, is it the animation that's entertaining you as you drive and listen? No, it's the storytelling. That's why we put so much importance on story. No amount of great animation will save a bad story. ↗

— John Lasseter

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