Jacqueline Carey Quotes

With a tale, forsooth, he cometh unto you; with a tale which holdeth children from play, and old men from the chimney corner.

Storytelling isn't an Escher staircase.

We are made of the stories we have heard and read all through our lives.

Combine two words, Myth and History. What do you get? Mystery.

One of the things I find exciting about Joan of Arc is how clearly the story of her life reveals the creation of myth, a process in which every one of us is involved - every one of us who tells stories and all those who listen, each informing the other.

As storytellers, you're always somehow creating history.

Jack’s life had more to do with myth, legend, saga, and story than with political theory or political science.

I want to be remembered as a storyteller.

George Clinton is the best storyteller in the world.

There are always the simple events of your life that you might try to convert into legend.

The most powerful words in English are, 'Tell me a story.'

A woman and a mouse, they carry a tale wherever they go.

Just so you know, when they say "once upon a time"....they're lying. It's not once upon a time. Its not even twice upon a time. It's hundreds of times, over and over, every time someone opens up the pages of this dusty old book.

History has its truth; and so has legend hers.

So, then. You want a story and I will tell you one.

I think storytelling is storytelling. It doesn't matter what format it's shot on.

Humans like stories. Humans need stories. Stories are good. Stories work. Story clarifies and captures the essence of the human spirit. Story, in all its forms—of life, of love, of knowledge—has traced the upward surge of mankind. And story, you mark my words, will be with the last human to draw breath.

I've been transformed by stories, and I think that storytelling is definitely sacred. I take it very seriously because my life has been changed, whether it was a movie, a play, a piece of writing, poetry, a painting.

The job of a storyteller is to tell stories, and I have concentrated on that obligation.

Maybe more than a teller, I am a story listener. I really enjoy listening to stories. I remember them and keep them in my mind. All of my films are a collection of small stories that have been told to me.

Stories only happen to those who are able to tell them.

We need storytelling. Otherwise life just goes on and on, like the number Pi.

I'm an old storyteller. I tell the story. It's about the story.

I love storytelling. I love stories, and I love the way in which we connect through stories.

It is the tale, not he who tells it.