#teller

No, you're either born a writer, a storyteller, or you're not. ↗

— John Milius

#either #storyteller #writer #you

I tell the story to you now, but in each telling the story itself changes a little, changes direction, and that in turn changes you and me. So be very careful not only in how you repeat it but in how you remember it, goslings. More often than you realize it, the world is shaped by two things -- stories told and the memories they leave behind. ↗

— Vera Nazarian

#evolution #fiction #future #influence #literature

Human stories are practically always about one thing, really, aren't they? Death. The inevitability of death. . . . . . (quoting an obituary) 'There is no such thing as a natural death. Nothing that ever happens to man is natural, since his presence calls the whole world into question. All men must die, but for every man his death is an accident, and even if he knows it he would sense to it an unjustifiable violation.' Well, you may agree with the words or not, but those are the key spring of The Lord Of The Rings ↗

— J.R.R. Tolkien

#j-r-r-tolkien #life-and-death #life-story #lord-of-the-rings #lotr

Sam Walton was a master storyteller who used illustrative stories to reinforce his cultural standards. ↗

— Michael Bergdahl

#his #illustrative #master #reinforce #sam

I like to think of myself as a storyteller. ↗

— Kate DiCamillo

#like #myself #storyteller #think

I'm a director's actor; I'm a storyteller's actor. ↗

— Michael Ironside

#director #i #storyteller

Time changes nothing, girl, but the size of your underwear. . .and hopefully your hairdo. ↗

— Minton Sparks

#philosophy-of-life #poet #storyteller #change

When you play a violin piece, you are a storyteller, and you're telling a story. ↗

— Joshua Bell

#play #story #storyteller #telling #violin

I wanted to hold onto and exploit the power of narrative. This is not only a book about a great storyteller, but there have to be stories about the storyteller. ↗

— Stephen Greenblatt

#book #exploit #great #hold #i

A storyteller is basically what actors and writers are. ↗

— Bruce Boxleitner

#storyteller #writers