Inspiring storytelling quotes from famous storytellers.

1. Inspiring
storytelling
quotes
Compiled by @MerviRauhala

2. “Storiesare powerful
because they transport us
into other people’s worlds
but, in doing that, they
change the way our brains
work and potentially change
our brain chemistry — and
that’s what it means to be a
social creature.”
- Paul J. Zak
Photo:Flickr,affab(CCBY-NC2.0)

3. “Scratch the surface in a
typical boardroom and we're
all just cavemen with
briefcases, hungry for a wise
person to tell us stories”.
– Alan Kay, vice president at Walt Disney
Photo:Ndecam(CCBY2.0)

4. “We experience life as a series
of ongoing narratives,
as conflicts,
characters,
beginnings,
middles
and ends.”
– Dr. Walter Fischer
Photo:Flickr,eliot(CCBY-NC-SA2.0)

5. “Whoever Tells the Best Story Wins.”
–Annette Simmons
Photo:Flickr,ElisabethHaslam(CCBY-NC2.0)

6. ”Stories teach, model, unite and motivate
by transporting audiences emotionally.”
- Peter Gruber
Photo:Flickr,Shandi-lee(CCBY-NC-ND2.0)

7. "Brands are built around stories.
And stories of identity – who we
are, where we’ve come from – are
the most effective stories of all.
This storytelling is a powerful way
to bring brands to life."
– Bill Dauphinais, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Photo:Flickr,TomWachtel(CCBY-NC-ND2.0)

8. ”Stories are software for the mind.”
- Arthur M. Harkins, University of Minnesota &George H. Kubik, Anticipatory Futures Group, LLC
Photo:vGvenVanhee(CCBY-NC-ND2.0)

9. “I think the future of storytelling is: You think of
some good characters and you have them do some
cool stuff that you can relate to and go through
hell and come out the other side of it changed in some
positive or negative way, and then it ends.”
–James Cameron
Photo:VinothChandar(CCBY2.0)

10. “The Universe is made of stories,
not of atoms.”
-Muriel Rukeyser
Photo:Flickr,(CCBY-NC2.0)c@rljones

11. "Even when the body goes to sleep, the mind
stays up all night telling itself stories"
-Jonathan Gottschal
Photo:CCBY2.0)thejbird

12. “Living and breathing an authentic
story is the best way to survive in a
conversation-rich world. “
- Seth Godin
Photo:Flickr,marfis75(CCBY-SA2.0)

13. “Content Marketing: It's Not About Shock, but
Good Storytelling.”
- Alexander Jutkowitz
Photo:Flickr,BigFatRat(CCBY-NC-ND2.0)

14. ”The best way to communicate with
people you are trying to lead is
often through a story.”- Stephen Denning
Photo:Flickr,GabrielWhite(CCBY2.0)

15. “Human beings share stories to remind each other of who they are
and how they should behave. When we hear stories based on these
patterns, we feel more like were remembering something forgotten
than learning something new.”
-Jonah Sachs
Photo:Flickr,BrandonChristopherWarren(CCBY-NC2.0)

16. ”I don’t think
OF IT AS
ADVERTISING.
I THINK OF IT AS
STORYTELLING.”
- ANNIE LEIBOVITZ
Photo:Flickr,mrnightshade(CCBY-NC-ND2.0)

17. “I actually think one of my
strengths is my storytelling.”
- Quentin Tarantino
Photo:Flickr,(CCBY-NC-ND2.0)FotoRita[Allstarmaniac]

18. Photo:Flickr,TcMorgan(CCBY-NC-SA2.0)