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Telling Stories Quotes (page 2)

Neil Gaiman quote: "We owe it to each other to tell stories, as people simply..."
We owe it to each other to tell stories, as people simply... Neil Gaiman
Salman Rushdie quote: "We are the only animals that tell stories to understand the..."
We are the only animals that tell stories to understand the world we live in. Salman Rushdie
Ursula K. Le Guin quote: "There have been great societies that did not use the wheel,..."
There have been great societies that did not use the wheel, but there have been no societies that did not tell stories. Ursula K. Le Guin
When this is all over I'm going to found an association called 'The Knights of the Idiotic Table' and its purpose will be to arrange an annual dinner where we tell stories about Lisbeth Salander. You're all members. Steig Larsson
My father taught me to work, but not to love it. I never did like to work, and I don't deny it. I'd rather read, tell stories, crack jokes, talk, laugh -- anything but work. Abraham Lincoln
Gerard Way quote: "It takes a while to tell stories, I think it's because I was..."
It takes a while to tell stories, I think it's because I was drunk for three years. Gerard Way
What art ought to do is tell stories which are moment-by-moment wonderful, which are true to human experience, and which in no way explain human experience. John Gardner
You know," King said, "I'm not much good at telling stories. That sounds like a paradox, but it's not; it's the reason I write them down. Stephen King
In the art of literature there are two contending parties. Those who aim to tell stories that are more or less well thought out, and those who aim at beautiful language, beauty of form. This contest may last a very long time; each side has a fifty-fifty chance. Only the poet can rightfully demand that verse be beautiful and nothing but. Paul Gauguin
She sighed once, wishing she had a talent for the details of telling stories. She wasn't bad at themes, she mused, but she could never figure out how to turn a theme into an engaging tale. Nora Roberts
Humans are pattern-seeking story-telling animals, and we are quite adept at telling stories about patterns, whether they exist or not. Michael Shermer
I am not trying to make a point by telling stories. Chosen examples are never serious evidence for any worthwhile generalization. Richard Dawkins
Stephen King quote: "I think telling stories is like pushing something. Pushing..."
I think telling stories is like pushing something. Pushing against uncreation itself, maybe. Stephen King
Neil Gaiman quote: "We owe it to each other to tell stories."
We owe it to each other to tell stories. Neil Gaiman
In little pockets of conversation, old men were telling stories of ancient floods. Women were talking of about how much rain there'd been in other towns -- Paragould, Lepanto, and Manila. John Grisham

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