My books, I will say one thing - they all have a driving narrative, and you have to turn the pages, and… — Elin Hilderbrand Copy Share Image
Most people are glad for somebody else to share their own story of how they have found spiritual help. The problems start… — Mark Dever Copy Share Image
“She sighed once, wishing she had a talent for the details of telling stories. She wasn't bad at themes, she mused, but… — Nora Roberts Copy Share Image
I came from the school of cinema verite documentaries, which was: Do not manipulate reality as it was happening but create a… — Mira Nair Copy Share Image
In hunting ideas for books, I look for stories about long-past events that once commanded the world's attention but that, for one… — Erik Larson Copy Share Image
Had we lived I should have had a tale to tell of the hardihood, endurance and courage of my companions which would… — Robert Falcon Scott Copy Share Image
Violence has been a part of storytelling forever and there's obviously a reason for it. Fairy tales are really violent, the original… — Jane Levy Copy Share Image
I don't want to say you should censor yourselves, but the storyteller should be able to defend why a narrative needed to… — Misha Green Copy Share Image
“Bob had been caught by the white death, the threat of which hung over every male black in the South. I had… — Richard Wright Copy Share Image
What serialized cable dramas have given us is the opportunity to not simply tell the same story with slightly different words and… — Sarah Wayne Callies Copy Share Image
I like being in real environments. I love being in the place that it's about - these sets and locations are characters… — Antoine Fuqua Copy Share Image
The process of writing a novel is like taking a journey by boat. You have to continually set yourself on course. If… — Walter Mosley Copy Share Image
The store of fairy tales, that blue chamber where stories lie waiting to be rediscovered, holds out the promise of just those… — Marina Warner Copy Share Image
We have to make myths of our lives, the point being that if we do, then every grief or inexplicable seizure by… — May Sarton Copy Share Image
“Francie always remembered what that kind teacher told her. “You know, Francie, a lot of people would think that these stories that… — Betty Smith Copy Share Image
“I am a storyteller, for better and for worse. I suspect that a feeling for stories, for narrative, is a universal human… — Oliver Sacks Copy Share Image
For me, I feel like the most important part of music is the storytelling behind it, and that's my favorite; that's what… — Kyle Copy Share Image
Love in the real world doesn’t usually work out the way stories make us think it should. We don’t always get fairy-tale… — Richelle Mead Copy Share Image
All of my tales are based on the fundamental premise that common human laws and emotions have no validity or significance in… — H. P. Lovecraft Copy Share Image
There's no such thing as fairy tales. it does not exist in reality. . . but there is always a happy ending.… — Caryll Amoyan Copy Share Image
I think people are interested in anything that's a little bigger than life and that's colorful and - you know, what they… — Stan Lee Copy Share Image
When I was coming out of college, storytelling was very much something you did with pencil and paper, so the technological platform… — Nancy Gibbs Copy Share Image
“As I quietly stare off into space, eyes glazed over and brow thoughtfully taut, know that I am going about my business.… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
In my films quite often, paranoia usually leads to the truth so it is kind of a psychological state of mind to… — Larry Fessenden Copy Share Image
Since a photograph is frozen and mute, since there is no before and after, I don't want there to be a conscious… — Gregory Crewdson Copy Share Image
Writing of the narrative kind, and perhaps all writing, is motivated deep down, by a fear or and fascination with mortality -… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
We're always looking for ways to use technologies to open up new creative expressions for us artistically. So we're constantly thinking about… — Anthony Russo Copy Share Image
“After all these years, all I know is, I need not to do anything as a part of remorse. All I need… — Nishikant Copy Share Image
“Taleb argued that the limitations of the human brain resulted in our species’ tendency to squeeze unrelated facts and events into cause-and-effect… — Brad Stone Copy Share Image
But the biggest challenge overall was narrowing down the complex narrative elements into a clean and straightforward story while maintaining a sense… — Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy Copy Share Image
A story with a moral appended is like the bill of a mosquito. It bores you, and then injects a stinging drop… — O. Henry Copy Share Image
I think I've been able to build up a wide range of styles in storytelling, using comics in different ways from project… — Jeffrey Brown Copy Share Image
Writing is a process of discovering. I could never outline a narrative; that just sounds boring. There's no joy of discovery in… — Bob Shacochis Copy Share Image
The thing that I get most excited about is that it does feel like a new realm of storytelling is being created… — Paul Rust Copy Share Image
I really struggled, growing up, with reading and writing. I had a hard time to do that, but I was really passionate… — Maya Hawke Copy Share Image
I had read a Tale of Two Cities and found it up to my standards as a romantic novel. She opened the… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
“You are a born storyteller," said the old lady. "You had the sense to see you were caught in a story, and… — A.S. Byatt Copy Share Image
“Olive Wellwood had the feeling writers often have when told perfect tales for fictions, that there was too much fact, too little… — A.S. Byatt Copy Share Image
“Because there was a ghost involved, you may call this a ghost story. But what family isn't a ghost story? Sharing tales… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
Write out the story - rapidly, fluently, and not too critically - following the second or narrative-order synopsis. Change incidents and plot… — H. P. Lovecraft Copy Share Image
