“As a kid, I loved storytelling, and I liked the way rappers would paint pictures.” WayKidsPaintStorytellingRapper Author:Jensen Karp
“Storytelling with music is a really powerful device.” PowerfulMusic IsStorytellingDevicesReally Powerful Author:Randy Harrison
“I love to do fashion. I always put fashion in all of my storytelling because that's what I am, but I'm not selling clothes, I'm telling a story.” StoriesFashionClothesStorytellingSelling Author:Patricia Field
“I always find time to read novels and poetry as well as scripts; I like to enjoy different kinds of storytelling. I spend time at the beach and with my loved ones. I like traveling to unfamiliar places to challenge my perspectives and glean wisdom from other ways of life.” WayWellsKindDifferentEnjoyChallengesNovelPerspectiveScriptsStorytellingBeachLoved OnesDifferent KindsEnd TimesSpend TimeUnfamiliar Author:Rose McIver
“I used to do a lot of story writing and storytelling coming up through grade school. By the time I got to college, I decided that I wanted to perform as well, and that's where I started.” WritingWellsStoriesWantedSchoolUsedCollegeDecidedStorytellingGradesGrades In SchoolStory Writing Author:Rhea Seehorn
“The future of cinema and communications is all about collaboration and the decentralized control of storytelling. We're all part of the story; we can all contribute and participate.” StoriesCommunicationStorytellingCinemaCollaboration Author:Adrian Grenier
“When you don't put your initials behind your name, and I've got tons of them, and when you talk about storytelling or love or gratitude, you're diminishing your legitimacy and importance in this world.” WorldNamesBehindsThis WorldGratitudeImportanceStorytellingInitialsLegitimacy Author:Brené Brown
“Television is what we call the long form of storytelling, where we tell stories over thirteen, twenty-two, or twenty-four hours. Miniseries is an eight-hour form of storytelling, and film is a two-hour form. Each and every one of them are important to me, because they're a different modality of storytelling.” LongTwoImportantDifferentStoriesFilmFormHoursFourTelevisionTwentiesEightStorytellingThirteenTwenty Two Author:Grant Bowler
“Short forms are returning online. Interactivity is coming back; it was always there in oral storytelling.” FormStorytellingOnlineComing Back Author:Margaret Atwood
“We're [also] trying to talk to a generation who grew up on the Internet. They're digital natives, and, essentially, they speak through sequential storytelling. I mean, a good comic-book panel is not that much different than a meme.” TryingMeanBookDifferentSpeakGenerationsGrewInternetGrew UpStorytellingComicDigitalComic BookMemes Author:Andrew Aydin
“Storytelling was a way to see the world bigger than the one you were looking at, and that had great appeal for me. I think since that was part of my upbringing, it became part of me, and I wanted to pass it along to my kids and my grandkids.” ThinkingWorldWayKidsWantedBiggerStorytellingAppealsUpbringingGrandkids Author:Robert Redford
“It's my passion, that's what I wanna do, it's the end goal, that's what I crave every second of the day is to be working on a production but also to be the person leading the production and guiding the pacing of the storytelling.” PersonsEndsPassionGoalProductionsStorytellingCraveMy PassionEvery SecondPacing Author:Logan Lerman
“Some of the most successful, talented actresses of our generation, be it Julianne Moore, or Charlize Theron, or Charlotte Gainsbourg, or Isabella Rossellini, if you know your cinema history, have taken their clothes off. There's nothing wrong with nudity, per se, if it's part of the storytelling and it's eloquent and it says something about the raw humanity of the story.” IfsKnowsStoriesHumanitySuccessfulTakenGenerationsClothesActressesStorytellingCinemaEloquentNudityOur GenerationCharlotte Author:Natalie Dormer
“For all the talk of my pictures being narratives or that they're about storytelling, there's really very little actually happening in the pictures. One of the few things I always tell people in my pictures is that I want less - give me something less.” PeopleWantGivingLittlesHappeningsGive MeStorytellingNarrative Author:Gregory Crewdson
“The ways in which a standardized language test induces storytelling, for example, is the opposite of creative writing; you have to learn a logical way to start a story, whereas in creative writing you may begin at the end or begin at the middle of the story.” WayWritingMayEndsStoriesLanguageCreativeMiddleExampleTestsOppositesStorytellingLogicalCreative Writing Author:Alejandro Zambra
“I think the more honest you are with the storytelling, the better it works.” ThinkingHonestStorytelling Author:Fede Alvarez
“There is a narrative to every life, and I believe in the classic mode of storytelling that goes back to Homer and carries through to today.” BelieveTodayI BelieveI Believe InStorytellingNarrativeClassicCarrie Author:Oliver Stone
“I see films in theaters, and I enjoy films. I enjoy the art of storytelling, and the different ways to tell them.” WayArtDifferentFilmEnjoyTheaterStorytellingDifferent Ways Author:Oliver Stone
“That's the type of thing you need to keep in mind when drawing comics. The storytelling. Consider the action and the space available to you, that's what will make it a great comics page. Once you've figured that out, you can always find/make the reference to support your storytelling decisions. So by all means, study film, but as with any reference, the results are better when they inform the craft and not dictate it.” NeedsMindMeanActionFilmSpaceDecisionResultsSupportStudyTypePagesAvailableDrawingStorytellingCraftsComic Book Author:Declan Shalvey
“When in doubt, the rule of threes is a rule that plays well with all of storytelling. When describing a thing? No more than three details. A character's arc? Three beats. A story? Three acts. An act? Three sequences. A plot point culminating in a mystery of a twist? At least three mentions throughout the tale. This is an old rule, and a good one. It's not universal - but it's a good place to start.” WritingWellsPlayCharacterStoriesThreeDoubtMysteryBeatsUniversalDetailsTalesStorytellingPlotTwistsSequenceDescribingArcsGood PlaceWhen In Doubt Author:Chuck Wendig
“Storytelling is an act of cruelty. We are cruel to our characters because to be kind is to invite boredom, and boredom in storytelling is synonymous with big doomy death-shaped death. So: be cruel to your protagonist. Rob him of something. Something important. Something he needs. A weapon. An asset. A piece of knowledge. A loved one. A DELICIOUS PIE. Take it away! Force him to operate without it. Conflict reinvigorates stale stories. New conflict, or old conflict that has evolved and grown teeth.” NeedsWritingKindImportantCharacterStoriesBigsForcePiecesConflictWeaponsTeethStorytellingCrueltyBoredomBe KindAssetsInvitesLoved OnesPieDeliciousStaleProtagonists Author:Chuck Wendig
“It's become almost a cliche at this point that movies in the general sense are the place you go for superheroes and explosions and TV is where you go for actual storytelling.” TvsStorytellingSuperheroExplosionsClichePlaces You Go Author:Alan Sepinwall
“For me, the best journalism is usually the best storytelling, and the best stories are those of real people. Sometimes those real people are people in positions of great prominence or power or adverse situations, and sometimes it's just normal folks who help illuminate a situation, a place, a culture. And for me, that's always been the best way of telling a story.” PeopleWayRealSometimesHelpingStoriesCultureSituationPositionNormalFolksBest WayStorytellingJournalismAdverseProminence Author:Jason Rezaian
“For me, the best journalism is usually the best storytelling, and the best stories are those of real people.” PeopleRealStoriesStorytellingJournalism Author:Jason Rezaian
“I don't read or write SF for cutting edge ideas; I read and write it for the storytelling, and every story is new. So have I brought anything new to it? Only in so far as no-one before has written about the characters I've invented in their particular situation.” WritingIdeasCharacterStoriesSituationCuttingWrittenParticularEdgesStorytellingCutting Edge Author:Erica Brown
“The western will always be here. And it just depends on how good you make one. And one movie doesn't kill it. And one movie doesn't preserve it. It's storytelling. It's a very American thing. I'll continue to do it.” DependsWesternStorytellingPreserves Author:Kevin Costner
“Even though L.A Confidential box-office was a fraction of, say, Titanic or the Grinch movie, it finds its audience and will continue doing so for who knows how long, because of the basic thing we love about movies, which is storytelling and performances.” KnowsLongAudienceKnow HowOfficePerformancesBoxesStorytellingFractionsBox OfficeConfidentialBasic Things Author:Curtis Hanson
“Believing that navel-gazing in and of itself can transform itself into something that means something for society. I mean, we are communicative creatures. We desire to sort of understand each other's experiences and points of view. Storytelling is what painting, literature, filmmaking is all about.” BelieveMeanDesireLiteratureViewsPaintingCreaturesPoint Of ViewStorytellingFilmmakingGazingNavelNavel Gazing Author:Kehinde Wiley
“When J.J. [Abrams] called Lisa [Joy] and myself, he pitched us this idea of, what if we turn the structure around and started with the hosts. For us, that gave us a way to play with everything that we're interested in, all at once. It's the ultimate playground for us because we deal with questions about artificial intelligence, which is something I've long been fascinated by, but also human intelligence, or the lack thereof, human behavior, and interactive, immersive storytelling.” IfsWayHumansLongIdeasPlayJoyTurnsDealsBehaviorUltimateStructureStorytellingWhat IfArtificial IntelligenceHostFascinatedArtificialHuman BehaviorPlaygroundsHuman IntelligenceInteractiveAbram Author:Jonathan Nolan
“One of the things that's really fun to tap in with television right now is this sort of explosion, the peak TV moment that we're in, people are exploring different modes of storytelling here. But one of the exciting things here is being able to commit upfront to a big, big, big story.” PeopleDifferentMomentsStoriesBigsAbleFunTelevisionTvsRight NowExcitingCommitStorytellingExploringExplosionsExciting Things Author:Jonathan Nolan
“What I think networks do so well are big, fun, accessible, invite everybody into the tent kinds of storytelling, akin to an early Spielberg movie or a Michael Crichton novel. That's not to say that there aren't scary parts 'cause there are, and that there aren't sexy parts and edgy parts, just like early Spielberg would have, but there's a lot of heart, a lot of emotion and complicated characters.” ThinkingWellsHeartKindCharacterBigsFunCausesEmotionNovelScarySexyComplicatedStorytellingInvitesTentsEdgy Author:Eric Kripke
“I think color, for a costume designer, is one of your biggest storytelling devices.” ThinkingColorStorytellingDesignerDevicesCostumes Author:Alexandra Byrne
“It's a fun thing to do, to put yourself in the service of something if you think you can add an interpretation. It's no different than any other storytelling.” IfsThinkingDifferentFunAddStorytellingThings To DoInterpretationFun Things Author:Joss Whedon
“The Old Testament is full of poetry, prophecies, chronicles, documentations, storytelling, fairytales.” StorytellingProphecyTestamentOld TestamentFairytaleChroniclesDocumentation Author:Amos Oz
“There's still formulaic stuff on network television, but there's also more of an opportunity to have your way with storytelling, especially in sitcoms. That's what the difference is.” WayStillsOpportunityStuffDifferencesTelevisionStorytellingSitcom Author:Amy Hill
“I think there's a great storytelling tradition in the restaurant business that tends to attract people with an oral tradition of bulls - ting and bollocking. Creative people, people for whom the 9-to-5 world is not attractive or impossible. It seems that way. There are a lot of stories in the business, and a lot of characters - and it seems to attract its share of artists and writers and people who hope to do something creative in their lives.” PeopleThinkingWorldWayCharacterStoriesSeemsArtistCreativeImpossibleShareTraditionStorytellingAttractiveRestaurantsBullsCreative PeopleArtists And WritersOral TraditionRestaurant Business Author:Anthony Bourdain
“In documentary films, being able to be a storytelling and embrace film as an art form - while being very clearly connected in trying to help make the world a better place - is really important to me.” WorldTryingArtImportantHelpingAbleFilmFormEmbraceConnectedStorytellingDocumentariesBetter PlaceDocumentary Films Author:James Redford
“I am a big fan of music in terms of storytelling device.” BigsTermFansStorytellingDevices Author:John Musker
“Storytelling has driven faith and religious practice, keeping them alive for millennia. Just as every hymn, icon, and stained-glass window in a church links to a story, brands have the potential to build holistic identities.” StoriesChurchReligiousPracticeAliveIdentityWindowGlassesDrivenStorytellingBrandsLinksIconsHymnsHolisticStained GlassReligious PracticesStained Glass Windows Author:Martin Lindstrom
“It is very linear storytelling, and I think that's not so much the fashion. I was watching a new drama the other night which was extremely non-linear, where you flash back and flash forward in ways that certainly keeps you on your toes as the audience. There's not much of that courage with the storytelling in our Maigret film.” ThinkingWayFilmNightAudienceFashionDramaStorytellingFlashToesLinear Author:Rowan Atkinson
“For me and my storytelling and the way that I embrace stories in the way that I embrace characters, I desperately needed to know that everything was okay.” KnowsWayCharacterStoriesNeededOkayEmbraceStorytelling Author:Will Smith
“I think that my sensibilities are becoming slightly less delicate and I'm venturing out in a storytelling world.” ThinkingWorldBecomingStorytellingDelicateSensibility Author:Will Smith
“I do like 'Munich'.It's a really wonderful film. I mean, there's 'Schindler's List', there's 'Saving Private Ryan'. But 'Munich' - of all the other films, Munich would be the one that's really, really amazing storytelling.” MeanWould BeFilmWonderfulListsStorytellingSavingReally AmazingMunichSchindlerSchindler's ListSaving Private Ryan Author:Janusz Kaminski
“Gareth [Edwards] was very open to just shaping the performances and the scenes to fit what was happening with the actors and the storytelling that was emerging.” ActorsFitSceneHappeningsPerformancesStorytellingEmerging Author:Alan Tudyk
“No woman or man is any one thing and the men in my stories, well, some of them are good and some of them are terrible, and most of them make the lives of the women they love much harder than need be. Why? Because that's the kind of storytelling I was drawn to when I wrote these stories, most of which are at least seven years or more old.” MenNeedsYearsWellsKindStoriesOne ThingHe ManTerribleHarderSevenStorytellingSeven Years Author:Roxane Gay
“The album ['A Seat at the Table'] really feels like storytelling for us all and our family and our lineage.” FeelsTablesAlbumsStorytellingOur FamilySeatsLineage Author:Solange Knowles
“It is a great vehicle for storytelling, especially for a certain kind of exhaustively reported, painstakingly fact-checked, and beautifully produced narrative.” KindFactsCertainStorytellingNarrativeVehicle Author:Clara Jeffery
“You start with a generic body, but I think the first wall you hit with portraiture is comprised of history and storytelling and the nature of characters - whether they are historical or coming from literature or documentation. Those are the references we have to people, besides your family, and the intimacy of portraiture is in the specifics of individuals. For me, it came out of doing things about animals.” PeopleThinkingFirstsCharacterBodyLiteratureIndividualAnimalWallHistoricalStorytellingIntimacyOur FamilyGenericPortraitureDocumentationSpecifics Author:Kiki Smith
“I had a point of view, which was different. I looked at magic as theater, as storytelling, and I tried to have an approach that was different from what they were doing. "How can I move people and really get them to dream with a card trick, with coin magic, or even a piece of stage magic?"” PeopleDifferentDreamMovingViewsPiecesMagicStageApproachTheaterPoint Of ViewTricksStorytellingCardsCoinsCard Tricks Author:David Copperfield
“In my work, there is a lot of storytelling. The storytelling is not a new thing. Back in the [Howard] Thurston days, the [Harry] Houdini days, the [Harry] Blackstone days, it was stories, but the stories were, "We're going to the Egyptian temples, and we're going to vanish the Prince of Thebes," and, "On my last trip to the Orient ..."” StoriesLastsOne DayStorytellingTemplesNew ThingsEgyptianHoudini Author:Judd Apatow