Storytelling Quotes

"The secret of being a bore is to tell everything." "Fiction is like a spider's web, attached ever so lightly perhaps, but still attached to life at all four corners." "Humans think in stories rather than in facts, numbers, or equations" "Stories are a way to give meaning to life. Without stories, life would be nothing more than a series of disconnected events" "You can make anything by writing." "I have a theory that movies operate on the level of dreams, where you dream yourself." "I’ve always been interested in the concept that every film is a puzzle to be solved" "I’ve always believed that endings are the hardest things to get right, but they’re the most important thing because that’s what stays with people" "Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isn't." "If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If you want them to be more intelligent, read them more fairy tales" "Directing is really exciting. In the end, it's more fun to be the painter than the paint." "For what is the worth of human life, unless it is woven into the life of our ancestors by the records of history?" "It's not a lie. It's a gift for fiction." "A book is a dream that you hold in your hand." "The one thing that you have that nobody else has is you. Your voice, your mind, your story, your vision. So write and draw and build and play and dance and live as only you can."