I'm mostly drawn to narratives that are difficult for me to visualize. — Dana Schutz Copy Share Image
Stories are different every time you tell them - they allow so many possible narratives. — David Antin Copy Share Image
“we are never more (and sometimes less) than the co-authors of our own narratives.” — Alasdair MacIntyre Copy Share Image
I'm often associated with parallel narratives or dual narratives. The 'Devil in the White City' was a fluke. — Erik Larson Copy Share Image
There's a problem with narratives. Most that spring to mind are fictional. — Howard Jacobson Copy Share Image
We breathe, we think, we conceive of our lives as narratives. — Christopher Lehmann-Haupt Copy Share Image
I love writing two narratives! I think concurrent storylines are my favorite way to write a book. — Taylor Jenkins Reid Copy Share Image
A lot of my early career, I wrote story songs that had narratives, that had plots. — Rupert Holmes Copy Share Image
“A tale may have exactly three beginnings: one for the audience, one for the artist, and one for the poor bastard who… — Catherynne M. Valente Copy Share Image
Children tell themselves stories, engage in self-delusion and fantasy, but those narratives are more evolving than calcified - and with that malleability… — Laura van den Berg Copy Share Image
“The narratives we create in order to justify our actions and choices become in so many ways who we are. They are… — Cheryl Strayed Copy Share Image
In documentaries, there's a truth that unfolds unnaturally, and you get to chronicle it. In narratives, you have to create the situations… — Ava DuVernay Copy Share Image
Historical facts are the vital framework around which non-fiction writers construct their narratives; they are, quite simply, indispensable. — Saul David Copy Share Image
I am and always have been fascinated with people, and I have a very good time coming up with the narratives of… — Bennett Miller Copy Share Image
We go through life owned by the stories we tell ourselves which are often historic and charged narratives - things we've learnt… — Derren Brown Copy Share Image
People don't think in terms of information. They think in terms of narratives. But while people focus on the story itself, information… — Jonah Berger Copy Share Image
“Narratives are the primary way in which we make sense of our lives, as opposed to, for example schema,cognition, beliefs, constructs. Definition… — Jacqui Stedmon Copy Share Image
“What, you thought that one story was somehow more real than all the others, just because it’s the one that has the… — Seanan McGuire Copy Share Image
As a fiction writer you train yourself to think about situations subjectively. I don't really care for narratives that are just A,… — Oscar Hijuelos Copy Share Image
In our culture, we get very much into shorthanding people. And I got shorthanded as That Guy: Jennifer Lopez, movies bombed, therefore… — Ben Affleck Copy Share Image
Narratives are not fixed. We change our narratives for ourselves and we change them not necessarily deliberately. In other words, some people… — Antonio Damasio Copy Share Image
“Narratives, stories, help create a deeper sense of shared identity. They generate meaning and foster cooperative actions through neurochemical correlates that kick… — David Amerland Copy Share Image
There’s no way to really preserve a person when they’ve gone and that’s because whatever you write down it’s not the truth,… — Steven Hall Copy Share Image
I think the narratives on 'Trans,' 'Plans,' and 'Narrow Stairs' moved away from the way I wrote on the first couple of… — Ben Gibbard Copy Share Image
“A shaman and a writer each serve as their communities’ seers by engaging in extraordinary acts of conscientious study of the past… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“One of the most moving narratives of modern history is the story of how men and women languishing under various forms of… — Terry Eagleton Copy Share Image
“...while epic fantasy is based on the fairy tale of the just war, that’s not one you’ll find in Grimm or Disney,… — Catherynne M. Valente Copy Share Image
“Our dreams and stories may contain implicit aspects of our lives even without our awareness. In fact, storytelling may be a primary… — Daniel J. Siegel Copy Share Image
Narratives that were taken for granted when I was a kid are still there, but they don't have the same depth and… — Charles Eisenstein Copy Share Image
“Language allows us to represent autobiographical events in the past, present and future; we can imagine events that have not yet happened,… — Jacqui Stedmon Copy Share Image
One hopes that each piece contains enough space for several narratives. — Kiki Smith Copy Share Image
“We can't meaningfully proceed with healing, with restoration, without "re-story-ation".” — Robin Wall Kimmerer Copy Share Image
We are used to women's narratives being defined through the male perspective. I challenge that as a concept. — Danai Gurira Copy Share Image
Adults need more complex narratives. They have their own narratives. The main characters are themselves. — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
I think that through the narratives of other people you get closer to your own. — Chath Piersath Copy Share Image
We all have different narratives; all of our narratives are at different stages of development. — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
To me, it's just that social media is allowing people to be in charge of their own narratives. — Jose Antonio Vargas Copy Share Image
Writing a children's book means you cannot spin out long narratives or have complex character development. — Norman Macleod Copy Share Image
