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Telling Stories Quotes

Everybody is a story. When I was a child, people sat around kitchen tables and told their stories. We don’t do that so much anymore. Sitting around the table telling stories is not just a way of passing time. It is the way the wisdom gets passed along. The stuff that helps us to live a life worth remembering Picture Quote #1

Writers shouldn’t underestimate the difficulty of what they’re doing, and they should treat it with great seriousness. You’re doing something that really matters, you’re telling stories that have an impact on other people and on the culture. You should tell the best stories you can possibly tell and put everything you’ve got into it Picture Quote #1

I don’t know the law, the kind of law of quantity and quality, but I think the opportunity of people being able to express themselves and to have the means of production is a great thing. It’s also changing how we’re telling stories Picture Quote #1

I do think that even with entertainment and telling stories, people in the entertainment industry have such a beautiful position in the world to speak about things that they’re passionate about in a way that can grab people more than just sitting and telling someone about something, because you can show it visually Picture Quote #1

When there’s so much left to do, why spend your time focusing on things you’ve already done, counting trophies or telling stories about the good old days? Picture Quote #1

I really love sort of classical cinema where people were telling stories with very little dialogue, and people were using the camera in a really interesting way Picture Quote #1

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I love telling stories. I love the intimacy between the writer and reader. When you write sketches it’s over in two minutes. When you write a book the characters have to have a bit of emotional depth Picture Quote #1

I want to be scared. I want to keep taking insane risks. I want to be scared because you’re going to grow through that whether you want to or not. I don’t want to play the same guy. I want to keep throwing curveballs to you guys and keep telling stories Picture Quote #1

I like telling stories, and I tell stories that interest me. It would be boring to have to go to nothing but the best restaurants. That would be a misery to me Picture Quote #1

And now you'll be telling stories of my coming back and they won't be false, and they won't be true but they'll be real Picture Quote #1

I love telling stories, telling jokes, making people laugh. I’ve got no plans to stop doing it Picture Quote #1

I don’t have a particular ambition in any medium. I just want to keep telling stories. If somebody pays me, also good Picture Quote #1

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My filmmaking really began with technology. It began through technology, not through telling stories, because my 8mm movie camera was the way into whatever I decided to do Picture Quote #1

There wasn’t much as a kid that inspired me in what I did as an adult, but I was always very interested in what motivates people, and in telling stories and building things Picture Quote #1

I’m not sure whay I’ve been drawn to this subject, except that murder is a subject that has always drawn people for as long as people have been telling stories Picture Quote #1

My father always taught by telling stories about his experiences. His lessons were about morality and art and what insects and birds and human beings had in common. He told me what it meant to be a man and to be a Black man. He taught me about love and responsibility, about beauty, and how to make gumbo Picture Quote #1

I don’t think it’s going to be possible for the next generation of writers to tell stories without telling stories about telling stories Picture Quote #1

The difficulty with telling stories about real people is you have to find a way of mixing yourself into the matter Picture Quote #1

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I want a documentary to crest by being voted on by 6000 people who are in the business of telling stories Picture Quote #1

I grew up trying to be like my idols, and one of the main people in my life was my father. He played football, and when your father is telling stories about the game he played... Everybody wants to be like their father Picture Quote #1

People may think I’m trying something new by telling stories, but they’re just jokes connected to give the illusion of stories. But really, I just continue using my imagination and creating. That’s what I do Picture Quote #1

I’ve always loved books. My mother told me that before I could talk, I’d babble in my crib as I turned the pages of my little cloth books, apparently telling stories to go along with the pictures Picture Quote #1

I guess telling stories is an art. I never looked at it that way. I just started talking, and everyone started laughing. So I kept talking, and they kept laughing Picture Quote #1

I would definitely not rule out doing television, because I think it’s a great medium for telling stories Picture Quote #1

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Films are artifice. We’re telling stories on film. At the same time, when it works, there is a real tough immediacy and spontaneity to it, and a punch Picture Quote #1

I like telling stories about people with problems. I can’t really put it much simpler than that Picture Quote #1

When a friend needs consoling, do not give in to the temptation of telling stories similar to theirs of disaster or bereavement. It is something people often do to show empathy but nothing is more tiresome than other people’s problems when you want to focus on your own. Listening is by far the best form of consolation Picture Quote #1

Hollywood has its own way of telling stories. I was just telling stories that I was familiar with. And it’s what I want to do in the future: I want to take my audio cinema and put it on the screen Picture Quote #1

We need art. We’ve been telling stories since the beginning. As human beings, we need it for our survival Picture Quote #1

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Everybody is a story. When I was a child, people sat around kitchen tables and told their stories. We don’t do that so much anymore. Sitting around the table telling stories is not just a way of passing time. It is the way the wisdom gets passed along. The stuff that helps us to live a life worth remembering (Telling Stories Quotes) Writers shouldn’t underestimate the difficulty of what they’re doing, and they should treat it with great seriousness. You’re doing something that really matters, you’re telling stories that have an impact on other people and on the culture. You should tell the best stories you can possibly tell and put everything you’ve got into it (Telling Stories Quotes) I don’t know the law, the kind of law of quantity and quality, but I think the opportunity of people being able to express themselves and to have the means of production is a great thing. It’s also changing how we’re telling stories (Telling Stories Quotes) I do think that even with entertainment and telling stories, people in the entertainment industry have such a beautiful position in the world to speak about things that they’re passionate about in a way that can grab people more than just sitting and telling someone about something, because you can show it visually (Telling Stories Quotes) When there’s so much left to do, why spend your time focusing on things you’ve already done, counting trophies or telling stories about the good old days? (Telling Stories Quotes) I really love sort of classical cinema where people were telling stories with very little dialogue, and people were using the camera in a really interesting way (Telling Stories Quotes) I love telling stories. I love the intimacy between the writer and reader. When you write sketches it’s over in two minutes. When you write a book the characters have to have a bit of emotional depth (Telling Stories Quotes) I want to be scared. I want to keep taking insane risks. I want to be scared because you’re going to grow through that whether you want to or not. I don’t want to play the same guy. I want to keep throwing curveballs to you guys and keep telling stories (Telling Stories Quotes) I like telling stories, and I tell stories that interest me. It would be boring to have to go to nothing but the best restaurants. That would be a misery to me (Telling Stories Quotes) And now you'll be telling stories of my coming back and they won't be false, and they won't be true but they'll be real (Telling Stories Quotes) I love telling stories, telling jokes, making people laugh. I’ve got no plans to stop doing it (Telling Stories Quotes) I don’t have a particular ambition in any medium. I just want to keep telling stories. If somebody pays me, also good (Telling Stories Quotes) My filmmaking really began with technology. It began through technology, not through telling stories, because my 8mm movie camera was the way into whatever I decided to do (Telling Stories Quotes) There wasn’t much as a kid that inspired me in what I did as an adult, but I was always very interested in what motivates people, and in telling stories and building things (Telling Stories Quotes) I’m not sure whay I’ve been drawn to this subject, except that murder is a subject that has always drawn people for as long as people have been telling stories (Telling Stories Quotes) My father always taught by telling stories about his experiences. His lessons were about morality and art and what insects and birds and human beings had in common. He told me what it meant to be a man and to be a Black man. He taught me about love and responsibility, about beauty, and how to make gumbo (Telling Stories Quotes) I don’t think it’s going to be possible for the next generation of writers to tell stories without telling stories about telling stories (Telling Stories Quotes) The difficulty with telling stories about real people is you have to find a way of mixing yourself into the matter (Telling Stories Quotes) I want a documentary to crest by being voted on by 6000 people who are in the business of telling stories (Telling Stories Quotes) I grew up trying to be like my idols, and one of the main people in my life was my father. He played football, and when your father is telling stories about the game he played... Everybody wants to be like their father (Telling Stories Quotes) People may think I’m trying something new by telling stories, but they’re just jokes connected to give the illusion of stories. But really, I just continue using my imagination and creating. That’s what I do (Telling Stories Quotes) I’ve always loved books. My mother told me that before I could talk, I’d babble in my crib as I turned the pages of my little cloth books, apparently telling stories to go along with the pictures (Telling Stories Quotes) I guess telling stories is an art. I never looked at it that way. I just started talking, and everyone started laughing. So I kept talking, and they kept laughing (Telling Stories Quotes) I would definitely not rule out doing television, because I think it’s a great medium for telling stories (Telling Stories Quotes) Films are artifice. We’re telling stories on film. At the same time, when it works, there is a real tough immediacy and spontaneity to it, and a punch (Telling Stories Quotes) I like telling stories about people with problems. I can’t really put it much simpler than that (Telling Stories Quotes) When a friend needs consoling, do not give in to the temptation of telling stories similar to theirs of disaster or bereavement. It is something people often do to show empathy but nothing is more tiresome than other people’s problems when you want to focus on your own. Listening is by far the best form of consolation (Telling Stories Quotes) Hollywood has its own way of telling stories. I was just telling stories that I was familiar with. And it’s what I want to do in the future: I want to take my audio cinema and put it on the screen (Telling Stories Quotes) We need art. We’ve been telling stories since the beginning. As human beings, we need it for our survival (Telling Stories Quotes)

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