“For that more ennobling narrative, as for much of American history, the fact of black people is a problem.” — Ta-Nehisi Coates Copy Share Image
If we were writing what the fans wanted to see, Betty and Jughead would be the most linear, monotonous narrative of all… — Cole Sprouse Copy Share Image
When you're looking through a magazine, what makes you stop and think is when you see an image and imagine the narrative… — Chantal Joffe Copy Share Image
Narrative and characters have always interested me. I never tried to alienate an audience. Of course, gradually, I wanted a bigger and… — Miranda July Copy Share Image
We have a whole industry which is gigantic: games. Games is very successful. It's its own art form, though, and it's not… — Edwin Catmull Copy Share Image
After a while, a surprising theme emerged. The single most important thing you can do for your family may be the simplest… — Bruce Feiler Copy Share Image
Narrative becomes the way you make sense of chaos. That's how you focus the world. It's the only reason you should ever… — Dennis Lehane Copy Share Image
Setting aside the issue of gender while highlighting the symmetry of bodies seemed indispensable in order to focus on the narrative of… — Alante Kavaite Copy Share Image
Fiction is supposed to be immersive and supposed to be entertaining and narrative, so structures have to be buried a little bit.… — Eleanor Catton Copy Share Image
As it unfolded, the structure of the story began to remind me of one of those Russian dolls that contain innumerable ever-smaller… — Carlos Ruiz Zafon Copy Share Image
Scientific practice is above all a story-telling practice. ... Biology is inherently historical, and its form of discourse is inherently narrative. ...… — Donna J. Haraway Copy Share Image
A sense of that kind of narrative movement that we experience online could have been in my mind easily, though not consciously.… — Jennifer Egan Copy Share Image
In spite of the air of fablethe public were still not at all disposed to receive it as fable. I thence concluded… — Edgar Allan Poe Copy Share Image
I tried to get the word out to people who are information hubs in their communities, because they could propagate the call… — Nalo Hopkinson Copy Share Image
Actors can be very precious about their work and their scenes, but I think good actors have a strong understanding of narrative… — Kristen Stewart Copy Share Image
[Director Christopher] Nolan has not only crafted the best Batman movie, but arguably the second-best motion picture superhero narrative (topped only by… — James Berardinelli Copy Share Image
Critics have found in the narrative a veneer of erudition that cloaks nothing more than a James Bond-style romp, albeit a highly… — Dan Brown Copy Share Image
“Above all, readers want useful information, whether from a road sign or an investment guide. This motive is not completely absent even… — Alice W. Flaherty Copy Share Image
The continuous narrative of existence is a lie. There is no continuous narrative, there are lit-up moments, and the rest is dark.… — Jeanette Winterson Copy Share Image
“The baby explodes into an unknown world that is only knowable through some kind of a story - of course that is… — Jeanette Winterson Copy Share Image
Every family has a story that it tells itself, that it passes on to the children and grandchildren. The story grows over… — A.M. Homes Copy Share Image
I read Norman Lock’s The Boy in His Winter with delight and amazement. Styled in the vernacular of a rapidly changing America,… — David Oshinsky Copy Share Image
I like that there are so many different ways of looking at the world and I like all of the particular narratives.… — Rebecca Goldstein Copy Share Image
Many writers struggle with exposition in their novels. Often they heap it on in large chunks of straight narrative. Back story –… — James Scott Bell Copy Share Image
Plots are artificial. Does your life have a plot? It has characters. There is a narrative. There's a lot of story, a… — Richard Linklater Copy Share Image
A continuing narrative throughout Australia's history that says it is better to build up than to tear down - this is the… — Kevin Rudd Copy Share Image
I grew up not reading fiction; I watched movies and read comic books, and one of the ways I taught myself to… — Kevin Wilson Copy Share Image
Certainly, my friends and the common narrative is people are trying to shore up their own lives with regards to family planning… — Willie Parker Copy Share Image
When we look at what's going on in the world and we see the immense level of conflict that seems to always… — Steven Soderbergh Copy Share Image
Writers who can't invent stories often substitute style for narrative. They remind me of the painter who couldn't paint people, so he… — Bernard Malamud Copy Share Image
Americans haven't had the best success in the clay-court season or at Roland Garros, but it'd be really cool to change that… — Ben Shelton Copy Share Image
I believe a good memoir should have all of the narrative elements of a novel: character development, dialogue, descriptive language, and metaphor. — Danielle Trussoni Copy Share Image
When it's a rapper's album or a singer's album, there's a tendency to want a text-based or theme-based narrative. — Jamila Woods Copy Share Image
This unceasing interplay between experience and narrative is a uniquely human attribute. We are the storytellers, the ones who put life into… — Christina Baldwin Copy Share Image
Poetry, above all is a series of intense moments its power is not in narrative. I'm not dealing with facts, I'm dealing… — Carol Ann Duffy Copy Share Image
As project chief you are creating a narrative, a story, a good yarn. If you look at the process-journey that way, you… — Tom Peters Copy Share Image
History is admirably dangerous. It is not the soft option. Teachers need to be grown up and brave. Sensitivity is fine, but… — Simon Schama Copy Share Image
I think my narrative is actually pretty interesting if I step back from it and don't engage too much in it, personally… — Karyn Kusama Copy Share Image
Music is a very physical experience, and I need to understand things physically to be able to create the narrative for them. — Hildur Gudnadottir Copy Share Image
I write in reverse: Rather than come up with a narrative and write jokes for that narrative, I write jokes independently of… — Jeff Kinney Copy Share Image
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![“[Director Christopher] Nolan has not only crafted the best Batman movie, but arguably the second-best motion picture superhero narrative (topped only by the linked duo of Superman and Superman II). For those who thought Spider-Man and X-Men had a lot to offer, wait till you see where this film…” quote by James Berardinelli](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/348/james-berardinelli-18367_batman_director-christopher-nolan-has-not-only_3155441.jpg)
![“I like that there are so many different ways of looking at the world and I like all of the particular narratives. In any case we will never all see the same way on these [religious] issues. It's the way liberals and conservatives will never see the same way on individuals whereas it’s different…” quote by Rebecca Goldstein](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/4bd/rebecca-goldstein-4026_agree_i-like-that-there-are-so-many-different_2699631.jpg)
