"This unceasing interplay between experience and narrative is a uniquely human attribute. We are the storytellers, the ones who put life into words."
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"To me, the AMC brand is great storytelling - they call it slow-burn storytelling."
"The thriller is not a recent invention. It probably goes back to the dawn of storytelling."
"The storytelling in 'Doctor Who' is quite universal."
"All you can do is show people...You tell stories that are true and compelling."
"Anything that happens on any show is a plot contrivance because that's just storytelling."
"Storytelling excites me. Nothing gets me more juiced up than having an impact on people."
"I really love storytelling, and I love the stories as they reveal themselves. It's an incredibly nourishing process; it's probably the closest I come to having a religion."
"Storytelling is the greatest activity of any culture. Storytelling is how you build a family, how you pass along identity."
"Stories are attempts to share our values and beliefs. Storytelling is worthwhile when it tells what we stand for."
"The goal of storytelling should be to make stories as ubiquitous as music."
"Well, I suppose I'm interested in ways of storytelling and in stories that are about storytelling."
"All great literary works influence us as writers, not their stories as much as their storytelling ability."
"Storytelling is what lights my fire."
"It goes against the American storytelling grain to have someone in a situation he can't get out of, but I think this is very usual in life."