Quotation Explorer - 'Storyteller'

Each of us has been designed for one of two immortal functions, as either a storyteller or as a cross-legged listener to tales of wonder, love, and daring. When we cease to tell or listen, then we no longer exist as a people. - Bryce Courtenay
It always matters who the storyteller is. It’s a lens. - James Still
I am a storyteller, not a historian, and it's my ambition to create something compelling - something unputdownable and riveting - that chimes with the real history but is, in fact, fiction. - Sara Sheridan
The word 'NO' is the best motivation there is for the storyteller in you. - A.K. Kuykendall
Stories live in your blood and bones, follow the seasons and light candles on the darkest night-every storyteller knows she or he is also a teacher.. - Patti Davis
I belong to an ancient, idle, wild, and useless tribe... I am a storyteller.
As I quietly stare off into space, eyes glazed over and brow thoughtfully taut, know that I am going about my business. I am a storyteller. Daydreaming is the best part of my job. - Richelle E. Goodrich
Telling one lie almost always requires another, and before the storyteller knows it, they will be caught inside of their own web. - Jenna Alatari
Tell me a story. Be my storyteller. - Arzum Uzun
I am a storyteller, for better and for worse. I suspect that a feeling for stories, for narrative, is a universal human disposition, going with our powers of language, consciousness of self, and autobiographical memory. - Oliver Sacks
We dropped our troubles into the lap of the storyteller, and they turned into someone else's. - Naomi Shihab Nye
Magician is the best storyteller in the world. - Amit Kalantri
For a storyteller, an open ending leaves much room for imagination; for the inquisitive reader, however, it is a source of great anxiety. - Joyce Rachelle
I am a storyteller, spiraling fantasy and reality into mystical tales. That eerie space between fact and fiction, where only the brightest light can scare the shadows—you will find me there. - Sara Frost
Growing a culture requires a good storyteller. Changing a culture requires a persuasive editor. - Ryan Lilly
I find myself anticipating a new kind of storyteller, on who is half hacker, half bard. - Janet H. Murray
Plimpton was a presence. He looked for ways in which he could make himself ridiculous. That made him a great storyteller. - Stefan Fatsis
Who makes you Storyteller? You do. You are. Go play. - Will Hindmarch
You know what a storyteller is, don't you? It's a person that has a good memory who hopes other people don't. - Sandra Dallas
Light a campfire and everyone’s a storyteller - John Geddes
A thrilling story can be dull if told badly, but even the most mundane event can be elevated into a tale of epic scale by a good storyteller. - Johnny Rich
You are the storyteller and the editor of your book of life. So write tales of imagination, tragedy, and adventure and illustrate it with the colors of beauty. - Debasish Mridha
Behind a life of influence you will find a masterful storyteller. - Mollie Marti
Lying in small doses makes a good storyteller great. - Bryan Way
I don’t want to be remembered as a writer. I would rather be remembered as a storyteller. - Ashwin Sanghi
Old stories have a habit of being told and retold and changed. Each subsequent storyteller puts his or her mark upon it. Whatever truth the story once had is buried in bias and embellishment. The reasons do not matter as much as the story itself. - Erin Morgenstern
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