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Storyteller Quotes

I think I’m a born storyteller. Inspiration is all around me. I can read a newspaper article and come up with an idea for a book Picture Quote #1

I don’t view myself as a political leftie. I view myself as a storyteller who is fair to both sides Picture Quote #1

Even as an actor, I think like a storyteller. My parents raised us to look at the script Picture Quote #1

As an actor, I think a mistake that any storyteller can make is to play the ending Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Look, I’m just a storyteller. When I make a film, I never want the film to become a vehicle of social propaganda Picture Quote #1

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Directing a film was something I was yearning to do. I always wanted to see if I had the capacity to be a good storyteller Picture Quote #1

The first job I was offered was as an editorial assistant. I think it was the best thing for me, in terms of being a storyteller by nature, to have spent years being an editor because I learned so much from it Picture Quote #1

I sang in the coffee houses... in the early 60’s with no idea of success in terms of records or television. I just thought I was a storyteller. I had this deep, bassy voice. But I had incredible passion for the music I was singing Picture Quote #1

No matter how dark things may get in a story, I feel it’s the responsibility of the storyteller to leave the audience with at least a shred of hope Picture Quote #1

I want to be seen as a good storyteller. I’m a manipulator as well Picture Quote #1

Fiction cannot recite the numbing numbers, but it can be that witness, that memory. A storyteller can attempt to tell the human tale, can make a galaxy out of the chaos, can point to the fact that some people survived even as most people died. And can remind us that the swallows still sing around the smokestacks Picture Quote #1

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You know what a storyteller is, don’t you? It’s a person that has a good memory who hopes other people don’t Picture Quote #1

Sad words are just another beauty. A sad story means, this storyteller is alive. The next thing you know something fine will happen to her, something marvelous, and then she will turn around and smile Picture Quote #1

We dropped our troubles into the lap of the storyteller, and they turned into someone else’s Picture Quote #1

The store of fairy tales, that blue chamber where stories lie waiting to be rediscovered, holds out the promise of just those creative enchantments, not only for its own characters caught in its own plotlines; it offers magical metamorphoses to the one who opens the door, who passes on what was found there, and to those who hear what the storyteller brings. The faculty of wonder, like curiosity can make things happen; it is time for wishful thinking to have its due Picture Quote #1

Where the storyteller is loyal, eternally and unswervingly loyal to the story, there, in the end, silence will speak. Where the story has been betrayed, silence is but emptiness. But we, the faithful, when we have spoken our last word, will hear the voice of silence Picture Quote #1

The job of a storyteller is to speak the truth. But what we feel most deeply can’t be spoken in words alone. At this level, only images connect. And here, story becomes symbol; symbol is myth. And myth is truth Picture Quote #1

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A storyteller makes up things to help other people; a liar makes up things to help himself Picture Quote #1

I write to tell stories. I believe that there a some professions in the world that will last forever: doctor or a nurse, teacher, builder and a storyteller. I write also to become myself, more so day by day. Writing is a way to shape out visible and invisible, in myself as well as in the world Picture Quote #1

Family love can be a bore, but only when you are hearing it, never when you are relating it to the ones who will be carrying it out for you. A family without a storyteller or two has no way to make sense out of their past and no way to get a sense of themselves Picture Quote #1

I look at the human sciences as poetic sciences in which there is no objectivity, and I see film as not being objective, and cinema verite as a cinema of lies that depends on the art of telling yourself lies. If you’re a good storyteller then the lie is more true than reality, and if you’re a bad one, the truth is worse than a half lie Picture Quote #1

My grandmother was an unparalleled storyteller who gave me a preview of how life might turn out, and also fortified my empathy Picture Quote #1

My fiction may, now and again, illuminate aspects of the human condition, but I do not consciously set out to do so: I am a storyteller Picture Quote #1

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I’m just a storyteller, and the cinema happens to be my medium. I like it because it recreates life in movement, enlarges it, enhances it, distills it. For me, it’s far closer to the miraculous creation of life than, say, a painting or music or even literature. It’s not just an art form; it’s actually a new form of life, with its own rhythms, cadences, perspectives and transparencies. It’s my way of telling a story Picture Quote #1

I’ve always used the technique of the cuento. I am an oral storyteller, but now I do it on the printed page. I think if we were very wise we would use that same tradition in video cassettes, in movies, and on radio Picture Quote #1

A story can take you through a whole process of searching, seeking, confronting, through conflicts, and then to a resolution. As the storyteller and the listener, we go through a story together Picture Quote #1

I’m not a novelist, I’m a storyteller. There is no art in what I do, no mystique Picture Quote #1

When we want mood experiences, we go to concerts or museums. When we want meaningful emotional experience, we go to the storyteller Picture Quote #1

You can throw away the privilege of acting, but that would be such a shame. The tribe has elected you to tell its story. You are the shaman/healer, that’s what the storyteller is, and I think it’s important for actors to appreciate that. Too often actors think it’s all about them, when in reality it’s all about the audience being able to recognize themselves in you. The more you pull away from the public, the less power you have on screen Picture Quote #1

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I think I’m a born storyteller. Inspiration is all around me. I can read a newspaper article and come up with an idea for a book (Storyteller Quotes) I don’t view myself as a political leftie. I view myself as a storyteller who is fair to both sides (Storyteller Quotes) Even as an actor, I think like a storyteller. My parents raised us to look at the script (Storyteller Quotes) As an actor, I think a mistake that any storyteller can make is to play the ending (Storyteller Quotes) 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 (Storyteller Quotes) Look, I’m just a storyteller. When I make a film, I never want the film to become a vehicle of social propaganda (Storyteller Quotes) Directing a film was something I was yearning to do. I always wanted to see if I had the capacity to be a good storyteller (Storyteller Quotes) The first job I was offered was as an editorial assistant. I think it was the best thing for me, in terms of being a storyteller by nature, to have spent years being an editor because I learned so much from it (Storyteller Quotes) I sang in the coffee houses... in the early 60’s with no idea of success in terms of records or television. I just thought I was a storyteller. I had this deep, bassy voice. But I had incredible passion for the music I was singing (Storyteller Quotes) No matter how dark things may get in a story, I feel it’s the responsibility of the storyteller to leave the audience with at least a shred of hope (Storyteller Quotes) I want to be seen as a good storyteller. I’m a manipulator as well (Storyteller Quotes) Fiction cannot recite the numbing numbers, but it can be that witness, that memory. A storyteller can attempt to tell the human tale, can make a galaxy out of the chaos, can point to the fact that some people survived even as most people died. And can remind us that the swallows still sing around the smokestacks (Storyteller Quotes) You know what a storyteller is, don’t you? It’s a person that has a good memory who hopes other people don’t (Storyteller Quotes) Sad words are just another beauty. A sad story means, this storyteller is alive. The next thing you know something fine will happen to her, something marvelous, and then she will turn around and smile (Storyteller Quotes) We dropped our troubles into the lap of the storyteller, and they turned into someone else’s (Storyteller Quotes) The store of fairy tales, that blue chamber where stories lie waiting to be rediscovered, holds out the promise of just those creative enchantments, not only for its own characters caught in its own plotlines; it offers magical metamorphoses to the one who opens the door, who passes on what was found there, and to those who hear what the storyteller brings. The faculty of wonder, like curiosity can make things happen; it is time for wishful thinking to have its due (Storyteller Quotes) Where the storyteller is loyal, eternally and unswervingly loyal to the story, there, in the end, silence will speak. Where the story has been betrayed, silence is but emptiness. But we, the faithful, when we have spoken our last word, will hear the voice of silence (Storyteller Quotes) The job of a storyteller is to speak the truth. But what we feel most deeply can’t be spoken in words alone. At this level, only images connect. And here, story becomes symbol; symbol is myth. And myth is truth (Storyteller Quotes) A storyteller makes up things to help other people; a liar makes up things to help himself (Storyteller Quotes) I write to tell stories. I believe that there a some professions in the world that will last forever: doctor or a nurse, teacher, builder and a storyteller. I write also to become myself, more so day by day. Writing is a way to shape out visible and invisible, in myself as well as in the world (Storyteller Quotes) Family love can be a bore, but only when you are hearing it, never when you are relating it to the ones who will be carrying it out for you. A family without a storyteller or two has no way to make sense out of their past and no way to get a sense of themselves (Storyteller Quotes) I look at the human sciences as poetic sciences in which there is no objectivity, and I see film as not being objective, and cinema verite as a cinema of lies that depends on the art of telling yourself lies. If you’re a good storyteller then the lie is more true than reality, and if you’re a bad one, the truth is worse than a half lie (Storyteller Quotes) My grandmother was an unparalleled storyteller who gave me a preview of how life might turn out, and also fortified my empathy (Storyteller Quotes) My fiction may, now and again, illuminate aspects of the human condition, but I do not consciously set out to do so: I am a storyteller (Storyteller Quotes) I’m just a storyteller, and the cinema happens to be my medium. I like it because it recreates life in movement, enlarges it, enhances it, distills it. For me, it’s far closer to the miraculous creation of life than, say, a painting or music or even literature. It’s not just an art form; it’s actually a new form of life, with its own rhythms, cadences, perspectives and transparencies. It’s my way of telling a story (Storyteller Quotes) I’ve always used the technique of the cuento. I am an oral storyteller, but now I do it on the printed page. I think if we were very wise we would use that same tradition in video cassettes, in movies, and on radio (Storyteller Quotes) A story can take you through a whole process of searching, seeking, confronting, through conflicts, and then to a resolution. As the storyteller and the listener, we go through a story together (Storyteller Quotes) I’m not a novelist, I’m a storyteller. There is no art in what I do, no mystique (Storyteller Quotes) When we want mood experiences, we go to concerts or museums. When we want meaningful emotional experience, we go to the storyteller (Storyteller Quotes) You can throw away the privilege of acting, but that would be such a shame. The tribe has elected you to tell its story. You are the shaman/healer, that’s what the storyteller is, and I think it’s important for actors to appreciate that. Too often actors think it’s all about them, when in reality it’s all about the audience being able to recognize themselves in you. The more you pull away from the public, the less power you have on screen (Storyteller Quotes)

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