Quotes About Expression

Instincts are a really important guide for any artist, but particularly filmmakers because it takes a lot to stay true to your instincts as a storyteller.

I think of myself as a storyteller, and that is it.

When you make work, your goal might not be first and foremost to have as many people as possible see it, but it might be more about honing your craft as a storyteller or making art, but, there's no doubt about it, you want lots of people to see it.

I'm a storyteller, I'm an actor, an entertainer.

In documentary films, you're a storyteller using found objects. You still have to have a story arc and all the elements that make a good story. It really helped me mature as a storyteller.

I'm a storyteller. I feel like the issue of discourse is an important one because there's a lot of political and ideological discourse that goes around, and we relate to that on an intellectual level.

No, you're either born a writer, a storyteller, or you're not.

I've always been a writer, I've always been a storyteller, but I never thought about screenwriting.

I'm still not sure I want to be a writer. I think of myself as a storyteller more.

I am essentially an entertainer and a storyteller.

Whether I'm telling stories in songs or if directing is the next step, being a storyteller is what I like doing.

I want to be remembered as a storyteller more than someone who had something meaningful to say.

I'm a storyteller. I'm not like any other comic. I tell detailed stories - not made-up stuff, but true stories.

Hi. My name is Debby, and I am a storyteller. I don't think of myself as an actress. I am more like a face that takes words on a page, and puts them in front of your eyes.

At the core, I'm a filmmaker and a storyteller.

I am very fortunate in that I have spent pretty much my whole life being a writer, and before I was a writer, I was a storyteller.

I always say show me a storyteller who doesn't embellish, and I'll show you a bad one.

I'm a compulsive storyteller, an avid reader, and have always nurtured the secret goal of spending my life as a writer.

I was always a storyteller. I just didn't know it. I never shared the stories I made up inside my head when I was growing up. I never wrote them down, either. But I can't remember a time when they weren't there.

I really just want to be a writer and a storyteller. But maybe pain is one of the things you have to feel in order to be creative.

I like being a storyteller. I'm bored with myself; I like to write about others. I have a lot of names in my songs: Karen, Margaret, Mary Kay. Even if it's about me, I want to put it through someone else. The music is the soundtrack to the story.

I don't want to be remembered as a writer. I would rather be remembered as a storyteller.

First and foremost, I'm an oral storyteller - I'll make a poetic choice over a grammatical choice every single time.

Most of all, I love being a storyteller. And yes, I want to make a good living, but I'm not always driven by the best commercial sense.