“Stories have to be told or they die, and when they die, we can’t remember who we are or why we’re here.”
– Sue Monk Kidd

“After nourishment, shelter and companionship, stories are the thing we need most in the world.”
– Philip Pullman

“Stories change people while statistics give them something to argue about.” 
– Bernie Siegel

“Facts tell. Stories sell.”
– Tom Schreiter

“A storyteller is in the same business that God is in. You’re creating a world, and the people in it.”
– Tom Robbins

“Those who tell the stories hold the power in society. Today television tells most of the stories to most of the people, most of the time.” ­­
– George Gerbner

“People will remember your stories long after they have forgotten your bullet points.”
– Laurie Beth Jones

“The truth happens to everyone. But stories happen only to people who can tell them.”
– Allan Gurganus