John Berger Quotes

A story is a way to say something that can't be said any other way, and it takes every word in the story to say what the meaning is. You tell a story because a statement would be inadequate. When anybody asks what a story is about, the only proper thing is to tell them to read the story. The meaning of fiction is not abstract meaning but experienced meaning.

The most important thing to realize is that everyone is capable of telling a story.

I think sometimes a narrative can come out of a single word.

My quest has always been to get my story to the rest o' the people.

Being able to tell people's stories - this is the most exciting job in the world to me.

My job is more about helping people tell their stories in ever more interesting ways.

We're constantly trying to find the best way to tell the stories that we want.

Storytelling is essentially what we do.

I think the most important quality for a writer to have is empathy.

I love entertaining and I love storytelling.

I tell a good story.

I like stories, and I really like words. So I like stories that rely on dialogue.

I don't want to lose an opportunity to tell an interesting story.

Language is never a problem when you have the screenplay ready.

I am really interested in storytelling in general - nothing is off-limits!

As a writer, I try to turn my feelings and experiences into a different form entirely, something that gives me mastery over them and also makes them meaningful to other people.

I like to talk about my life.

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

If you're singing, you're telling a story. So to tell it and tell it right, that's it.

It is my belief that we as human beings have a need to tell stories - I think it's evolutionary. So you can think of the short story as a literary form, or you can instead think of stories.

My main goal is to tell a story.

But if we have people who have the power to tell a story, there will always be readers.

Everything is always a story, but the loveliest ones are those that get written and are not torn up and are taken to a friend as payment for listening, for putting a wise keyhole to the ear of my mind

Everything we say is a story. But nothing we say is just a story.

A story is a way to say something that can’t be said any other way, and it takes every word in the story to say what the meaning is.