Elton John (1947) English rock singer-songwriter, composer and pianist
I Don't Wanna Go on with You Like That
Song lyrics, Reg Strikes Back (1988)
“I wanna tell you a story”
Catchphrase, e.g. Daily Mail 24th May 2011 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1390231/Max-Bygraves-agony-wife-Blossom-dies.html
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Lady Gaga (1986) American singer, songwriter, and actress
G.U.Y., written by Lady Gaga and Anton Zaslavski
Song lyrics, Artpop (2013)
“When you hide another story in a story, that’s the story I am telling the children.”
Maurice Sendak (1928–2012) American illustrator and writer of children's books
Quoted in an interview, "Sendak on Sendak," Rosenbach Museum & Library, Philadelphia (2007/2008)
“Trust me, I'm telling you stories…. I can change the story. I am the story.”
Jeanette Winterson (1959) English writer
Source: Written on the Body
Philip Pullman book The Amber Spyglass
Source: His Dark Materials, The Amber Spyglass (2000), Ch. 32 : Morning
Context: One of the ghosts — an old woman — beckoned, urging her to come close.
Then she spoke, and Mary heard her say:
"Tell them stories. They need the truth. You must tell them true stories, and everything will be well, just tell them stories."
That was all, and then she was gone. It was one of those moments when we suddenly recall a dream that we’ve unaccountably forgotten, and back in a flood comes all the emotion we felt in our sleep. It was the dream she’d tried to describe to Atal, the night picture; but as Mary tried to find it again, it dissolved and drifted apart, just as these presences did in the open air. The dream was gone.
All that was left was the sweetness of that feeling, and the injunction to tell them stories.
Amulya Malladi (1974) Indian writer
On not caring about what other people think about her writing in “An Interview with Amulya Malladi” http://jaggerylit.com/an-interview-with-amulya-malladi/ in Jaggery
Margaret Atwood book The Handmaid's Tale
Source: The Handmaid’s Tale (1985), Chapter 41 (p. 268)
Source: The Handmaid's Tale
“Story! God bless you! I have none to tell, sir.”
George Canning (1770–1827) British statesman and politician
The Friend of Humanity and the Knife-Grinder.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)