Lynn Nottage Quotes

I tell stories. That's what I do. I've always told stories.

I am a storyteller, and I take great pride in the storytelling and a great joy.

I'm just a storyteller.

I'm always interested in storytelling and whatever form that comes in.

I am definitely a storyteller, but probably not a traditional Storyteller.

I've always been fascinated with storytelling.

Stories that can be told through language and words don't need to be filmed.

I'm just a story teller.

Everyone seems quite good at stories and making them up.

I don't want to be remembered as a writer. I would rather be remembered as a storyteller.

I guess, taking away all the theatrics or the costuming and the outer layers of what I do, I'm a writer... I write.

I like telling stories.

It's no sin to tell a good story.

I want to be remembered as a storyteller more than someone who had something meaningful to say.

People still love a good story, and I don't think that will change.

All the great history has been written with passion …. Fiction is history from below.

I never saw myself as much of a storyteller.

Storytelling is really at the root of everything that I do.

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

I'm a writer. I'm not an actress.

I've always been fascinated by the grassroots folktale level of a culture, and as a storyteller, I have to follow what seems to be leading me on.

Storytelling is an ancient and honorable act. An essential role to play in the community or tribe. It's one that I embrace wholeheartedly and have been fortunate enough to be rewarded for.

Fundamentally, I think of myself as a storyteller, not a writer.

Whether it is the cavemen in the caves thousands of years ago, Shakespeare plays, television, movies and books, stories and characters take us on a journey. All I do is tell those stories without scripts and without actors.

There is something in human beings that loves stories.