Narrative Skills Quotes

Most young people haven't used their storytelling skills since they were 8 or 9 or 10 and wanted to persuade Mom and Dad to take them to the ball game.

I'm not as good a singer as I am an actor. So that's why I - the stories I like so much is because I've been a story teller for a long time. I started as a singer and found out I didn't have a very good voice. That's the reason I went into acting.

I think that children who read are better writers, and children who tell stories appreciate books.

My dad was such a great story-teller, a good teacher.

Honestly, I'm the worst storyteller ever. Like, I just take so long.

I'm terrible at story and structure, but I'm not so bad at writing dialogue.

A kid who has just started to lie is taking the first step as a storyteller.

One of the reasons I started working at 'South Park,' actually, was that I wanted to learn how to structure things and how to tell a story.

My family are all storytellers, and I think I inherited a lot more of that gene than other people in my family. I guess I was fun to have around.

It's always been the same for me. I've always enjoyed acting, and I really love good actors; they're such unique characters. I wish I could tell stories well, or tell a joke. Any time someone can do that it's so satisfying. Sean Penn, for instance, is a really good actor, and he can tell a good joke or story. But it's hard to do. Most actors have special talents that make them attractive, but they're often odd characters.

I think I've become a better storyteller over the years.

My grandmother was an unparalleled storyteller who gave me a preview of how life might turn out, and also fortified my empathy.

I'm not a good storyteller. I always think I'm going to get interrupted, or something's going to get edited. I think that comes from being in a large family, so you have to get your story in really quick or someone cuts you off.

I come from a family of storytellers. My grandmother was great at telling stories, and my mother was an amazing storyteller.

My mother is the best storyteller. And her mother was too.

Everybody that's employed by 'WWE' - the biggest wrestling company in the world - should be good wrestlers able to tell good stories.

I developed a knack for storytelling early on around the kitchen table with my family. I just happen to be a funny guy.

My family were great story-tellers. My mum was one of 12 and they were all fighting to tell stories. You have to tell a good tale or no one is going to listen. You have to make it entertaining and interesting. That's how I learned to tell stories.

My whole family are hams. They're storytellers and everyone outdoes the next one.

The fact is Jerry Weintraub, the handsome, bearish movie producer, the man with the long career, who worked with Arthur Godfrey and Elvis Presley and Frank Sinatra and George Clooney, is a great storyteller - he's this as much as he's anything else. He takes time telling stories, too.

I don't really consider myself a writer.

Growing up in an atmosphere of storytelling made me an actor.

My grandmother was not a great storyteller.

I started as a journalist for magazines in New York City, so it was always storytelling. And moving into movies was a natural transition.

Certain people can keep a word tune, so to speak, and certain people cannot. And, above all, certain people can tell a story, and other people can't. They don't hear that point where something else has to come.