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讲故事
Storytelling
Storytelling has a narcotic power.
讲故事有一种麻醉的力量。
I've set the bar quite high in terms of storytelling.
我在讲故事方面设定了很高的标准。
My major allegiance has been to storytelling, not to history.
我主要忠于讲故事，而不是历史。
Throughout history, story telling was at the very beginning of life.
纵观历史，讲故事是生命的开始。
Artists should always think of themselves as cosmic instruments for storytelling.
艺术家应该把自己看作是讲故事的宇宙工具。
I wanted to tell my story and where I came from and my background, because it was not easy.
我想讲述我的故事，我来自哪里，我的背景，因为这并不容易。
The king died and then the queen died is a story. The king died, and then queen died of grief is a plot.
国王死了，王后也死了，这是一个故事。国王死后，王后又因悲痛而死是一个阴谋。
What I want to write about has changed somewhat, and the scope of the storytelling has changed accordingly.
我想写的东西发生了一些变化，故事的范围也随之发生了变化。
While I think storytelling is a meaningful way to spend your life... it does feel a little bit secondary or off-point.
虽然我认为讲故事是一种有意义的生活方式……它确实让人感觉有点次要或离题。
My style is colloquial storytelling. It's the way we tell stories to one another - it's not writerly, it's not overdone.
我的风格是口语化的讲故事。这是我们互相讲故事的方式——不是写故事，也不是写得过火。
I'm a fan of books that are almost languorous in their storytelling. That is a little bit lost sometimes in the modern media that we have.
我是一个书迷，他们在讲故事的时候几乎是懒洋洋的。这在现代媒体中有时有点迷失。
I think my love is storytelling. No matter what it is, it's storytelling. And so whatever the medium is, what's right for the story, I enjoy doing it.
我喜欢讲故事。不管是什么，都是讲故事。所以无论媒体是什么，什么适合这个故事，我都喜欢做。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
Storytelling is an ancient and honorable act. An essential role to play in the community or tribe. It's one that I embrace wholeheartedly and have been fortunate enough to be rewarded for.
讲故事是一种古老而光荣的行为。在社区或部落中扮演的重要角色。我全心全意地拥抱它，并且很幸运地得到了回报。
Unlike fiction, which you create before you go into production, with reality you kind of create it after everything is produced. The drama and the storytelling is really done in post.
与小说不同的是，小说是你在投入生产之前创作的，而现实是你在所有东西都生产出来之后创作的。戏剧和故事都是后期完成的。
The story drove the book. That had a very seminal effect on the way I saw writing and storytelling. If you can set a character in a story that is compelling and has a backbone, you draw people in.
故事推动了这本书。这对我看待写作和讲故事的方式产生了非常重要的影响。如果你能在一个引人入胜的故事中设置一个人物，你就能吸引观众。
Storytelling is my currency. It's my only worth. The only thing of value I have in this life is my ability to tell a story, whether in print, orating, writing it down or having people acting it out.
讲故事是我的财富。这是我唯一的价值。我生命中唯一有价值的东西就是我讲故事的能力，不管是写在纸上，演讲，写下来，还是让别人表演出来。
I grew up in a society with a very ancient and strong oral storytelling tradition. I was told stories, as a child, by my grandmother, and my father as well.
我成长在一个有着古老而强大的口述故事传统的社会。我小时候，祖母和父亲都给我讲故事。
In documentary films, you're a storyteller using found objects. You still have to have a story arc and all the elements that make a good story. It really helped me mature as a storyteller.
在纪录片中，你是一个使用找到的物品讲故事的人。你仍然需要有一个故事情节和所有构成一个好故事的元素。它真的帮助我成长为一个讲故事的人。