"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."
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"The thriller is not a recent invention. It probably goes back to the dawn of storytelling."
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"The storytelling in 'Doctor Who' is quite universal."
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"All you can do is show people...You tell stories that are true and compelling."
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"Anything that happens on any show is a plot contrivance because that's just storytelling."
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"Storytelling excites me. Nothing gets me more juiced up than having an impact on people."
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"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."
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"Storytelling is the greatest activity of any culture. Storytelling is how you build a family, how you pass along identity."
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"Stories are attempts to share our values and beliefs. Storytelling is worthwhile when it tells what we stand for."
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"The goal of storytelling should be to make stories as ubiquitous as music."
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"Well, I suppose I'm interested in ways of storytelling and in stories that are about storytelling."
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"All great literary works influence us as writers, not their stories as much as their storytelling ability."
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"Storytelling is what lights my fire."
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"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."
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