“She thought, instead, with longing of more books—of buying books—of slipping into a narrative of other people’s lives. That was release.” — Peter Straub Copy Share Image
Anxiety is your creativity turned into a weapon that you use to beat yourself up. And this is because anxiety is mostly… — Baron Vaughn Copy Share Image
It is out of reality that the most peculiar tale of all is born ... Some call me the Elder Granny, others… — Hans Christian Andersen Copy Share Image
“Horror stories are not just about fear, they are about choices, consequences, and the darkness hidden inside human minds. Stories like Lost… — Lost Life Fan Copy Share Image
“The myth of their total responsibility arose during postwar trials in the Federal Republic of Germany as a way to protect the… — Timothy Snyder Copy Share Image
Up to 1870, it was equally said of France and of Italy that they possessed no folk-tales. Yet, within fifteen years from… — Joseph Jacobs Copy Share Image
Our minds simply don't function in some sort of narrative chronology. I think that one of the great gifts of writing fiction… — Dani Shapiro Copy Share Image
“Identifying the source of our personal narratives helps us to release its negative aspects and re-frame it in ways that promote wholeness.” — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“The biggest myth about comedy is that it’s magical, unknowable, unteachable. Those who subscribe to that myth believe that the world is… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Such a storm of emotions as humans can evoke, all on the basis of imagination,” the dragon observed condescendingly. In a more… — Robin Hobb Copy Share Image
“A garden path,' write the landscape architects Charles W. Moore, William J. Mitchell, and William Turnbull, 'can become the thread of a… — Rebecca Solnit Copy Share Image
“We're going on a bit too fast. You and I, Sam, are still stuck in the worst places of the story, and… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
We have come from God, and inevitably the myths woven by us, though they contain error, will also reflect a splintered fragment… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“I learned to separate the story from the writing, probably the most important thing that any storyteller has to learn— that there… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
“The General, speaking one felt with authority, always insisted that, if you bring off adequate preservation of your personal myth, nothing much… — Anthony Powell Copy Share Image
Long before I wrote stories, I listened for stories. Listening for them is something more acute than listening to them. I suppose… — Eudora Welty Copy Share Image
I'm not really devoted or specified towards any specific genre at all. I really like it all. There's good storytelling in all… — Angela Bettis Copy Share Image
Our culture places a very high value on storytelling, and the more that Catholic writers are able to master that craft, the… — Regina Doman Copy Share Image
Ours was a storytelling family even in pleasing times, and in those days my parents looked on words as our sustenance, rich… — Natalie Kusz Copy Share Image
The thing that excites me in terms of storytelling is being able to include trans characters in stories that are not necessarily… — Emma D'Arcy Copy Share Image
I find inspiration from a lot of different texts and really old stories and folk tales - things I feel like no… — Borns Copy Share Image
I've always been drawn to storytelling, and acting is the most immersive form of storytelling you can get involved with! You're actually… — Tamzin Merchant Copy Share Image
“I’d believed in that story, the story of us. It was still there, that antiquated fairy tale notion. I was older now,… — Ute Carbone Copy Share Image
I look for really great characters. I say great because as long as they're really good, there's something you can do. And… — Matt Dillon Copy Share Image
“The lesson here is that it’s wise to build your concept from a universal story – a myth, fairy tale, historical event,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Writing controlled fiction is called "plotting." Buckling your seatbelt and letting the story take over, however...that is called "storytelling." Storytelling is as… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
The thing that's interesting about storytelling is people will say, "How do I write a movie I can get sold in this… — Joan Tewkesbury Copy Share Image
I am the head of development at Giant Spacekat, a Boston-based studio that's an industry leader in making games for women. We… — Brianna Wu Copy Share Image
“I must warn you dear reader, that in this story both wonderful and terrible events transpire. It is also the sort of… — John Mark Green Copy Share Image
As social animals, we need to exchange juicy tales about someone - to connect with one another. For millions of years our… — Helen Fisher Copy Share Image
If you look at photojournalism, it's largely driven by current events... always chasing a crisis or disaster. I follow a narrative that… — Edward Burtynsky Copy Share Image
There are some tales not for telling, whether because they are too long, too precious, too laughable, too painful, too easy to… — Emma Donoghue Copy Share Image
You know, stories got lost in rap. That is why whenever you hear a rapper do a concept storytelling record, it sticks… — Benny the Butcher Copy Share Image
“No fairy tale, this. This was by no stretch of the imagination a polished fantasy. This was a searing, living force, rough… — V.S. Carnes Copy Share Image
Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If your stories are all about your products and services, that's not storytelling. It's a brochure. Give yourself permission to make the… — Jay Baer Copy Share Image
I was not a particularly brave child, I think, because I had a narrative mind, because my mind automatically went to any… — Daniel Handler Copy Share Image
Myth, legend, and ritual ... function to maintain a status quo. That makes them singularly bad in coping with change, indeed counterproductive,… — Elizabeth Janeway Copy Share Image
The failures of other genres to provide an emotional connection with some of their characters and narratives gives memoir a toehold. — Mary Karr Copy Share Image
“I’ve bemused you with these tales of the devil and his ancient offer of knowledge, that he uses what seems so good… — Vaughn Heppner Copy Share Image
