Storytelling Quotes

"If you want your children to be smart, tell them stories. If you want your children to be really smart, tell them more stories. I you want your children to be brilliant, tell them even more stories."
Albert Einstein

The Storyteller’s Creed
I believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge,
That myth is more potent than history,
That dreams are more powerful than facts,
That hope always triumphs over experience,
That laughter is the only cure for grief,
And I believe that love is stronger than death.
—Robert Fulghum

"Storytelling is an ancient and honorable act. An essential role to play in the community or tribe. It's one that I embrace wholeheartedly and have been fortunate enough to be rewarded for."---Russell Banks

“‘Thou shalt not’ is soon forgotten, but ‘Once upon a time’ lasts forever.”—Philip Pullman (1996 Carnegie Medal acceptance speech)

“There have been great societies that did not use the wheel, but there have been no societies that did not tell stories.”—Ursula K. LeGuin

"Visual storytelling of one kind or another has been around since cavemen were drawing on the walls." ---Frank Darabont

"Storytelling is not what I do for a living - it is how I do all that I do while I am living." ---Donald Davis