59 Best Storytelling Quotes

My golf game is like a soap opera: full of drama, bad lies, and occasional miracles.

Stories remain in our hearts, even when all else is gone. – Father

We have to stand up together. We have to be the authors of our own stories. – Parvana

I write songs about real life – the messy, the proud, and the parts we don’t like to talk about. – Morgan Wallen

A new month means new pages to write your story.

Turn the page. The next chapter awaits.

And that's all I have to say about that. – Forrest Gump

I'm sorry there is so much pain in this story. I'm sorry it's in fragments, like a body caught in crossfire or pulled apart by force. – Offred

This is a true story. The events depicted took place in Minnesota in 2006. At the request of the survivors, the names have been changed. Out of respect for the dead, the rest has been told exactly as it occurred.

The world is a story. You have to choose which story you want to be in. – Rabbi

A letter can hold a person's voice. It can carry their thoughts across a distance. – Parvana

I will tell you a story you have never heard before. – Parvana

Your words have power, Parvana. Do not forget that. – Father

Sometimes, the wrong story is the only story that can be told. – Narrator

We are all stories in the end. – Parvana

The Elephant King was brave, but he was also kind. – Parvana

I will tell you a story of a brave boy who went to face the Elephant King. – Parvana

What matters in life is not what happens to you but what you remember and how you remember it.

There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you. – Maya Angelou

Murdered by pirates is good. – The Grandfather

Skip to the end. – The Grandson

Sonny, true love is the greatest thing in the world. – The Grandfather

People don’t actually know who I am. They think they do, but they don’t. They’ve just heard stories. – Elphaba

A lot of people still don't believe it happened. But, hey, if you guys are ever in Salem, drop by. I'll tell you all about it. – Max Dennison

The sea was angry that day, my friends. – George Costanza

We have to tell stories that need to be told, of our people, of our culture. – Michelle Yeoh

I wanted to show that Asian women can be superheroes. We can be the ones driving the story. – Michelle Yeoh

A film is a visual medium, and you must tell the story with pictures. – Stanley Kubrick

The whole world is about storytelling. It's the human condition. – Martin Scorsese

I'm not a politician. I'm a storyteller. – Quentin Tarantino

If you're going to be a good screenwriter, you need to be a good storyteller. – Quentin Tarantino

I am a director, and I have to be able to visualize the story, not just intellectually understand it. – Steven Spielberg

The world is full of stories, and from time to time, they permit themselves to be told. – Steven Spielberg

Fear is the fuel for the storyteller. – Steven Spielberg

I don't think there's any science to being a good storyteller. I think it's an instinct. – Steven Spielberg

The more successful the villain, the more successful the picture. – Alfred Hitchcock

Drama is life with the dull bits cut out. – Alfred Hitchcock

What is drama but life with the dull bits cut out? – Alfred Hitchcock

The MacGuffin is the thing that the spies are after but the audience doesn't care. – Alfred Hitchcock

The point of a good story is not the ending, but the journey. – Alfred Hitchcock

I am a writer who just happens to be a director. – Alfred Hitchcock

There is no such thing as a mystery; there is only the mismanagement of information. – Alfred Hitchcock

The key to a good story is to make the audience wonder what will happen next, not what is happening now. – Alfred Hitchcock

What is a hero? No such thing. There are only protagonists and antagonists. – Alfred Hitchcock

A truly good screenplay must be so compelling that it can be understood even if you just listen to it. – Akira Kurosawa

I have never once made a film with a preconceived message. – Akira Kurosawa

A great script is the most important thing, and if you don't have that, you've got nothing. – Francis Ford Coppola

I'm more interested in the truth than in the facts. – Francis Ford Coppola

The biggest challenge is always to not be boring. – Ridley Scott

The best ideas are usually the simplest ones. – Ridley Scott