65 Movie Quotes about Storytelling (+ Sound Clips) - page 7

Updated: Jul 18, 2026

Memorable quotes about storytelling, selected from famous or less known movies by Movie-Sounds.org's visitors, accompanied by short mp3 and wav audio samples.

61 It is my dream, it is my goal, it is my idea to make a film that the story just sucks them in and when they spurt out that joy juice, they just gotta sit in it. They can't move until they find out how the story ends.

Burt Reynolds as Jack Horner in Boogie Nights (1997)

62 This is a narrative of very heavy-duty proportions. -Yeah. Cosmic, man.

Jim Henson as Dr. Teeth in The Muppet Movie (1979)

63 Hey, did I ever tell you the story about the oysters? All the millions of 'em just lying around... -And God put sand in one of 'em, and it makes a pearl. -Oh...

Mary Stuart Masterson as Idgie Threadgoode in Fried Green Tomatoes (1991)

64 Aren't we forgetting about the miracle of storytelling? The deus ex machina, the god machine? That's what saved the rabbits.

Quote from Donnie Darko

65 This is a night that weaves a spell over the world - a time of reverence and rejoicing. Of family reunions and storytelling by the fire.

Quote from Pinocchio (1939)