Storytelling is for all people. Storytelling is alive and well because people are so hungry for stories, they'll watch TV six hours a day.

Storytelling is a folk art. All folks do it. It's how we stay connected to each other. It's art because it can be elevated to a very sophisticated level.

It is my opinion that a story worth reading only in childhood is not worth reading even then.

Stories,' the green-eyed Sigrid said, unperturbed, 'are like prayers. It does not matter when you begin, or when you end, only that you bend a knee and say the words.

A special effect without a story is a pretty boring thing.

People take on the shapes of the songs and the stories that surround them, especially if they don't have their own song.