Harlan Coben Quotes

I'm a yarn teller. My job is to engage you as much as I can and as often as I can.

If you want somebody to tell you a story, one of the most easiest and effective ways is if you're telling them a story.

People love stories. They need stories.

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

I love stories. When I'm writing, what I pretend subconsciously is that we're cavemen, we're sitting around the fire, and I'm telling you stories. If I bore you, you're probably going to pick up a big club and hit me over the head.

People need stories; they want stories. They always will.

I've always been fascinated with storytelling.

I don't think we'll ever lose the desire for people to tell stories or to hear stories or to be entrapped in a beautiful story.

I really love storytelling.

George Clinton is the best storyteller in the world.

There is something in human beings that loves stories.

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.

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

I like telling stories.

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

The desire to hear a story, and a story well told, triumphs over Internet, film and television sometimes.

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

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.

I guess storytelling's always been in my blood. My mom said I was always dressing up and jumping in front of the camera and putting on plays. There must be a part of me that has to express that. If we were living in prehistoric clans, I'd probably be sitting by the campfire taking two stones and showing you how dinosaurs were chasing us. I'd be the one finding a way to communicate and perform.

And all who told it added something new, and all who heard it, made enlargements too.

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

Actors, we like stories, we like storytelling, we love being a part of the story, and if you give us a story that's interesting then we'll want to do it.

I love connecting with the audience, and there's more ways than one to do that.

I'm just a story teller.

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.