Wilbur Smith Quotes

I'm a storyteller, not a prophet. I'm just interested in a good story.

I love being a storyteller. I love telling stories.

I feel like I'm a professional storyteller, really. A lot of people say 'a truth teller,' and, if the writing supports it, that's what your aim is: to try and present people with a series of truths, and then they can make up their mind about those and whether they have any real credence or weight.

To me the most important thing is a good story, though I know how cliche that sounds.

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

Sometimes my lyrics may describe a situation that happened to a friend. Other times, I create a story from the ground up.

In my books I try to tell a good story, not give messages.

I think I'm always drawn to a good story.

A good writer is basically a story teller, not a scholar or a redeemer of mankind.

Both types of books - fiction and nonfiction - are a search for story. As a writer and a reader, there's nothing I crave more than a good story!

We're telling a story. And the demands of that are different from the demands of a documentary. The audience must believe in order to keep faith in the story.

I am a story teller and I take each story very seriously.

I've always written about other artists, or I write my thoughts down, but I've never written a story.

The shouting and opinion and jokes don't exist if there isn't first a story.

I don't care whether the story is real or fantastical. I tell the story that needs to be told.

All that non-fiction can do is answer questions. It's fiction's business to ask them.

A writer of fiction is really... a congenital liar who invents from his own knowledge or that of other men.

I've tried to tell a story. For me, it is the best one.

I just try to write entertaining books that are easily identifiable.

I like to think of myself as a storyteller.

I want to tell a story and shape it all the way through to the end.

I always like to tell a story.

I'm a fan of great storytelling.

Good storytelling appeals to me - good writing.

Any story that I can consider worth telling is one that you could tell in words.