Philip Sidney Quotes

So, then. You want a story and I will tell you one.

The most powerful words in English are, 'Tell me a story.'

People love a good story, even if it's a story that has very little truth to it.

I think storytelling is storytelling. It doesn't matter what format it's shot on.

STORY, n. A narrative, commonly untrue. The truth of the stories here following has, however, not been successfully impeached.

Storytelling isn't an Escher staircase.

Jack’s life had more to do with myth, legend, saga, and story than with political theory or political science.

A story? No. No stories, never again.

It is the tale, not he who tells it.

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

Facts interest me less than the trailing smoke of stories.

For every once upon a time there must be a story to follow, because if a story doesn't, something else will, and it might not be as harmless as a story.

To begin with, I want to tell a good story, a story that people will listen to and that they'll think this is true, even if it is a story that might be defined as - as myth or legend or even fanciful.

Combine two words, Myth and History. What do you get? Mystery.

Legend: A lie that has attained the dignity of age.

George Clinton is the best storyteller in the world.

For thousands of years, humans have used the art of storytelling to motivate and persuade.

A woman and a mouse, they carry a tale wherever they go.

Draw your chair up close to the edge of the precipice and I’ll tell you a story.

Just so you know, when they say "once upon a time"....they're lying. It's not once upon a time. Its not even twice upon a time. It's hundreds of times, over and over, every time someone opens up the pages of this dusty old book.

History has its truth; and so has legend hers.

Humans like stories. Humans need stories. Stories are good. Stories work. Story clarifies and captures the essence of the human spirit. Story, in all its forms—of life, of love, of knowledge—has traced the upward surge of mankind. And story, you mark my words, will be with the last human to draw breath.

The job of a storyteller is to tell stories, and I have concentrated on that obligation.

I'm an old storyteller. I tell the story. It's about the story.

I love storytelling. I love stories, and I love the way in which we connect through stories.