“My story - my own personal story - ended before my writing began. Storytelling has only ever been a way of filling… — Diane Setterfield Copy Share Image
The most important thing is, how can I move forward towards something that I can't articulate, that is new in storytelling with… — Martin Scorsese Copy Share Image
If you have a good story idea, don't assume it must form a prose narrative. It may work better as a play,… — Hilary Mantel Copy Share Image
I always take a story that's kind of out there, like an urban myth. I take some possibility that people imagine, that… — Cecelia Ahern Copy Share Image
When I read a script, the important thing is that I can connect in some way with that character and have some… — Joel Grey Copy Share Image
I've always preferred comics that really rely on visual storytelling. It's what makes comics special. Otherwise, you're better off reading a novel. — Cliff Chiang Copy Share Image
I've always really been interested in the Pygmalion myth and both what it has to say about creativity and what it has… — Zoe Kazan Copy Share Image
My writing has always been what you call 'narrative fiction' in the sense that it's got very strong plots and twists at… — Anthony Horowitz Copy Share Image
“Inevitably, I became distracted by tales that I knew held no promise for us—accounts of murders that had long since been solved,… — Caleb Carr Copy Share Image
“Life is a story. It’s full of chapters. And the beauty of life is that not only do you get to choose… — Kevin Hart Copy Share Image
For most of human history, 'literature,' both fiction and poetry, has been narrated, not written — heard, not read. So fairy tales,… — Angela Carter Copy Share Image
I remember writing '5 Dollars' out of intense listening sessions of Bruce Springsteen. I don't know if it's obvious, but I was… — Christine and the Queens Copy Share Image
“The simple answer is that I have changed my techniques in order to avoid the relentless sameness of my material, but I… — Ben Marcus Copy Share Image
I've had enormous luck and enormous pleasure in working in such forms as movies and plays that I loved when I was… — Jules Feiffer Copy Share Image
There is always this quarrel about what is preferable: the straight, naturalistic, epic storytelling or the modernistic, disjointed, slightly hermetic one. To… — Per Petterson Copy Share Image
“It was a story they could tell their children, something out of a fairy tale. How their mother had not known who… — Melissa de la Cruz Copy Share Image
There was a hidden narrative I felt we could get into, It's about an accessible world. Family and relationships are accessible subjects. — John Madden Copy Share Image
Honestly, I don't try to guess at what most people want. I don't think I'd guess right, and I just think that… — Aaron Sorkin Copy Share Image
I knew I wanted to be a part of storytelling. I knew that going to see movies and plays, I wanted to… — Fred Hechinger Copy Share Image
We like long-form narrative journalism, and we feel there aren't enough high-profile outlets in Canada running the kind of stories we want… — Lynn Coady Copy Share Image
I have stood by, confounded and speechless, while others have projected their stories over my narrative, each an excuse to appear helpful… — Molly Johnson Copy Share Image
My sister-in-law believes that few narratives are so tightly constructed that you can't skip boring bits and still keep abreast of what's… — Arthur Smith Copy Share Image
I wanted my first novel to be a veritable infarct of narrative cloggers-the trick being to feel your way through each clog… — Nicholson Baker Copy Share Image
Girls, in particular, use storytelling to establish hierarchies, a pecking order. There is a sort of jockeying of who is in charge… — Claire Messud Copy Share Image
A modern-day Dickens with a popular voice and a genius for storytelling in any genre, Stephen King has written many wonderful books. — Carlos Ruiz Zafon Copy Share Image
Myths of the heroes are cosmic creation myths in microcosm. They depict, in no matter how subtle variation, the eternal battle we… — Dorothy Norman Copy Share Image
No stories or explanations,' Finnikin had once told him. 'When it comes to women, straight into an apology and you will find… — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
What suggests to non-Evangelical scholars that the resurrection narratives contain legendary accounts? First there is a variety of apparent contradictions in the… — Robert M. Price Copy Share Image
I was initially planning to write about grief in terms of Eurydice and the myth thereof. By that point the overall metaphor… — Julian Barnes Copy Share Image
Many Southern writers must have learned the art of storytelling from listening to oral tales. I did. It gave me the knowledge… — Erskine Caldwell Copy Share Image
I believe that our lives, just like fairy tales - the stories that have been written by us humans, through our own… — Lucinda Riley Copy Share Image
I think good storytelling continues to teach you how it unfolds. And so I don't think that film and stage are mutually… — Terry Kinney Copy Share Image
“A good plot is like a well-crafted puzzle. Each piece is vital to the bigger picture, connecting to each other to tell… — Janice Hardy Copy Share Image
Some worked in collaboration with each other to produce comics as well as short stories.I was partnered with Anita Roy. We critiqued… — Justine Larbalestier Copy Share Image
“In the broad light of day, I could not give his tale nearly so much credence as I had granted it when… — Lyndsay Faye Copy Share Image
There's a wealth of literature out there which, hopefully, will be, you know, exploded in the future, and I personally find it… — Sean Bean Copy Share Image
My mom used to call me 'Oprah' because I was always in a corner crying with somebody. I've always been attracted to… — Elaine Welteroth Copy Share Image
“Through Action, a Man becomes a Hero. Through Death, a Hero becomes a Legend. Through Time, a Legend becomes a Myth. Through… — uknown Copy Share Image
Fairy tales have rules. You are a princess or you aren’t. You are pure at heart or you aren’t. If you are… — Richard Siken Copy Share Image
I make a living from storytelling - if you're a public person and you sing songs about getting married to get a… — Jens Lekman Copy Share Image
