A Quote by Tom Clancy

Fundamentally, I think of myself as a storyteller, not a writer.

Tom Clancy

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Tom Clancy
American - Novelist
April 12, 1947 - October 1, 2013

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

Michael Morpurgo

We need the expressive arts, the ancient scribes, the storytellers, the priests. And that's where I put myself: as a storyteller. Not necessarily a high priestess, but certainly the storyteller. And I would love to be the storyteller of the tribe.

Tanith Lee

I don't look at myself as a writer; I am a storyteller.

Vikas Swarup

I think of myself in the oral tradition-as a troubadour, a village tale-teller, the man in the shadows of the campfire. That's the way I'd like to be remembered- as a storyteller. A good storyteller.

Louis L'Amour

I don't think of myself as a metafictional writer at all. I think of myself as a classic writer, a realist writer, who tends to have flights of fancy at times, but nevertheless, my feet are mostly on the ground.

Paul Auster

Working with Robert, Robert [Elswit] is a storyteller. He's not a cinematographer, he's a storyteller. And to me, that's the graduation I hope to get to in my profession. That I'm not just an actor, I'm a storyteller. And I think that takes a long time in, when you have one job on a movie set. Makeup artists, actor, whatever. To graduate from just that to storyteller.

Jake Gyllenhaal

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.

Isobelle Carmody

First of all, I don't think of myself as a northern Michigan writer. I think of myself as an American writer who happens - and yes, by choice, and for a long time now - to live in this particular place, and where, as the joke goes, there are only three seasons: July, August, and winter.

Jack Driscoll

I consider myself a storyteller, not really even an actor. I consider myself a storyteller.

Danny Huston

I think of myself as a storyteller.

Frank D. Gilroy

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

Tanith Lee

I think Peter Dickinson is hands down the best stylist as a writer and the most interesting storyteller in my genre.

Sara Paretsky

I think of myself as an assistant storyteller.

Harrison Ford

I like to think of myself as a storyteller.

Kate DiCamillo

I think of myself as a journalist and a storyteller.

Soledad O'Brien

Fundamentally, whether directing in the theatre or a film, you have to be a good storyteller, regardless of the form. The thing I had to work hardest at was thinking in shots.

John Crowley

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