I've actually written a children's film called 'The Myth,' which you could say is like a big 'Harry Potter'-esque fantasy for kids,… — Leigh Whannell Copy Share Image
My parents read me fairy tales every night and I used to believe I was a fairytale princess, like every young girl.… — Lily Collins Copy Share Image
Folk tales, fairy tales, religion, the occult - these are the things I'm most passionate about, even more than cinema. And I'm… — Robert Eggers Copy Share Image
You cannot reduce the power of story with the tag of money because it's not a share market. So you must know… — Irrfan Khan Copy Share Image
“For the great enemy of truth is very often not the lie--deliberate, contrived, and dishonest--but the myth--persistent, persuasive, and unrealistic.” — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
It is a great vehicle for storytelling, especially for a certain kind of exhaustively reported, painstakingly fact-checked, and beautifully produced narrative. — Clara Jeffery Copy Share Image
“Storytelling is ultimately the only way that we know besides song, dance, painting, and music to share with our tribesmen what it… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“The cure for competing narratives is nothing more or less than the Apostles’ Creed. Yes, I’ll say that again: the creed is… — Sarah Arthur Copy Share Image
“Literature supplements the lives of people and enables us to feel connected with the world. Shared stories blunt a sense of tragic… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
I'm not trying to create a stand-in or avatar with whom the reader can identify, but separate, believable characters with distinct personalities;… — Jason Lutes Copy Share Image
Still, I wonder if we shall ever be put into songs or tales. We're in one, of course; but I mean: put… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It takes a perverse determination to drain that instinctive curiosity away and make history seem just remote, dead and disconnected from our… — Simon Schama Copy Share Image
Although I'm up for working in any genre, I do love the passion and dynamic storytelling that horror stories can provide. Dealing… — Barbara Crampton Copy Share Image
I cannot bear not to know the end of a tale. I will read the most trivial things – once commenced –… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I prefer things that are private, so I love recording and I love making films, as a filmmaker, because it uses every… — Barbra Streisand Copy Share Image
“Memories that have never been told aren't yet solid stories; they are potential stories. It may be that the interlocutor is the… — Siri Hustvedt Copy Share Image
Each time, storytellers clothed the naked body of the myth in their own traditions, so that listeners could relate more easily to… — Joan D. Vinge Copy Share Image
'Meadowland' was the reason I got 'The Handmaid's Tale,' and probably my experience in cinematography helped. Everything was like a stepping stone… — Reed Morano Copy Share Image
“Any particular term—myth, legend, saga, folktale, and so forth—tends to be used in so many differing ways by different people that without… — R.W.L. Moberly Copy Share Image
For me, all fiction is about prizing the logic of metaphors - which is the logic of narratives in general - over… — Ken Liu Copy Share Image
The more intelligent the storytelling becomes and the deeper the character development, people will realize in film and television, like they do… — Robert LaSardo Copy Share Image
“For a once renowned woman who loved telling tales of dodging bullets, wielding grenades and subverting dogs trained to kill, Christine's story… — Clare Mulley Copy Share Image
Our subconscious works in metaphors, stories, and word play. That's why a particular story or movie may mean more to some people… — Kristine Kathryn Rusch Copy Share Image
“Beyond the picket fences and the oil wells, the happy endings, and the fairy tales, is the reality of shattered lives and… — Tim McGraw Copy Share Image
The Italian prose tale had begun to exercise that influence as early as Chaucer's time: but circumstances and atmosphere were as yet… — George Saintsbury Copy Share Image
“I wanted to tell her that I was getting better, because that was supposed to be the narrative of illness: It was… — John Green Copy Share Image
"A Tale of Three Cities" is a tribute to our parents' generation, who escaped from city to city in search of their… — Mabel Cheung Copy Share Image
“Too bad for the storytellers. Too bad for the sense makers, the apologists, that nothing, then or ever, nothing was inevitable. It's… — Jincy Willett Copy Share Image
It's great to work in film and TV, and I love it, but there's nothing that can replace that instantaneous storytelling you… — Pablo Schreiber Copy Share Image
In the fall of 1989, I was writing 600-word columns at the 'Herald.' My heart always was in long-form narrative writing, though.… — Charlie Pierce Copy Share Image
But tales like this must not be taken as truth. You must remind yourself that it is hard to tell where truth… — Arlene J. Chai Copy Share Image
Storytelling is always evolving, but if you allow people with new voices and perspectives to come in, you open audiences up to… — Jay Ellis Copy Share Image
I'm always a little nervous when someone comes from other media into writing comics. It's a unique storytelling form, and it requires… — Brian Stelfreeze Copy Share Image
I know you've all heard the advice, "Show, don't tell." The best writers don't tell you, and quite frankly they don't just… — Josh Lanyon Copy Share Image
Joe and I have always been drawn to ensemble storytelling. We like the idea of telling stories from multiple characters' points of… — Anthony Russo Copy Share Image
“No book can be written till it wants to be written, till it shouts to be written, and raises up a persistent… — Jyoti Arora Copy Share Image
When I walk into a room, I know my storytelling has value and I have to sell my idea. I have to… — Mara Brock Akil Copy Share Image
That went on for a long time: telling various tales from my experience being anorexic and bulimic, and having people say, 'You've… — Marti Noxon Copy Share Image
My grandmother was born in 1900, and she would regale me with tales I call 'Little House on the Prairie' tales, but… — David Alan Grier Copy Share Image
How it's Done is a richly woven tale of a young woman who discovers what it really means to be an adult.… — Han Nolan Copy Share Image
