Armistead Maupin Quotes

What I'm always trying to do with every book is to recreate the effect of the stories we heard as children in front of campfires and fireplaces - the ghost stories that engaged us.

A major writer combines these three - storyteller, teacher, enchanter - but it is the enchanter in him that predominates and makes him a major writer.

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.

I think of myself... as a troubadour, a village storyteller, the guy in the shadows of the campfire.

Everyone seems quite good at stories and making them up.

I don't mind UFO's and ghost stories, it's just that I tend to give value to the storyteller rather than to the story itself.

There might be a proper age to know how to tell a story, but there's no proper age to start telling them.

I'm a good storyteller.

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

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

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

There are few joys to compare with the telling of a well-told tale.

Armenian folklore has it that three apples fell from Heaven: one for the teller of a story, one for the listener, and the third for the one who 'took it to heart.' What a pity Heaven awarded no apple to the one who wrote the story down.

I'm an interpreter of stories. When I perform it's like sitting down at my piano and telling fairy stories.

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

I want to be remembered as a storyteller.

I never saw myself as much of a storyteller.

I guess I've always just been naturally inclined to tell stories.

More than reading - much more than reading, in fact - I developed a love for telling stories from listening to two parents who really knew how to do it. And it really is an art.

As any parent, teacher, or librarian knows, there is no richer experience than to see children's faces light up at the suspense of a new tale or the surprise of a new poem. The uninhibited joy with which they listen is surely akin to that of adult audiences of old around campfire and hearth.

George Clinton is the best storyteller in the world.

A good storyteller can hold everybody captive without the special effects of Hollywood.

I always wanted to tell stories. From the time I had 20 cents or a quarter in my pocket, I could peddle my old Rambler 500 down to the corner store and buy comic books.

The only thing I would want to say is that storytelling is ancient; it's something that everybody does. Kids mustn't be in awe of it. Reading should be a joy - fun, fun, fun - not a responsibility, not something you do because society demands it, but something you do because it's a pleasure.

I love telling stories. I think of myself as a storyteller, and I don't feel bound by being just a singer or an actress. First, I'm a storyteller, and history is stories - the most compelling stories. There is a lot you can find out about yourself through knowing about history. I have always been attracted to things that are old. I have just always found such things interesting and compelling.