F. Sionil Jose Quotes

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

Whether in cave paintings or the latest uses of the Internet, human beings have always told their histories and truths through parable and fable. We are inveterate storytellers.

Humans are kind of story-propagating creatures. If you think of how we spend our days, think of all the time you spend on entertainment. How much of your entertainment centers around stories? Most pieces of music tell stories. Even hanging out with your friends, you talk, you tell stories to each other. They're all stories. We live in stories.

We are the only animal that tells stories.

We are the storytelling animal.

Storytelling is essentially what we do.

Storytelling is the game. It's what we all do.

You're never going to kill storytelling, because it's built into the human plan. We come with it.

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 the important thing.

In the ancient times, bards went around singing the epics, which were storehouses of philosophy.

That is to say, epic poetry has been invented many times and independently; but, as the needs which prompted the invention have been broadly similar, so the invention itself has been.

Humankind has been telling stories forever and will be telling stories forever.

I'm just a storyteller.

It sounds trite, but I like telling stories.

Film is just a different version of what we did round the campfire when we were Neanderthals. We tell stories so people can learn things and relativise things.

The human race has been telling stories since it began.

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

Time is what allows stories to spread into people's consciousness.

Storytelling is as old as speech. It existed before humans first began to carve shapes in stones and press their hands upon the rocky walls of caves.

I like telling stories.

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

I'm happy to be a writer - of prose, poetry, every kind of writing. Every person in the world who isn't a recluse, hermit or mute uses words. I know of no other art form that we always use.

People love stories. They need stories.

I think there is a human instinct to tell stories, no matter who you are or where you live.