Whoever spreads gossip for you, spreads gossip against you. Whoever relates tales to you, will tell tales about you. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“at the center of every fairy tale lay a truth that gave the story its power.” — Susan Wiggs Copy Share Image
“Not every fairy tale story that begins with 'Once upon a time,' has a 'Happily ever after'…” — Khalia Hades Copy Share Image
I still see storytelling for men by men that is always reinforcing the male gaze. — Jill Soloway Copy Share Image
We need images and myths through which we can see who we are and what we might become. — Christine Downing Copy Share Image
“Fairy tales are make believe and reality sucks, but I happen to live in both worlds.” — Emily Hodson Copy Share Image
“In our distant future, a tale of things past... (from Mars Rising)” — Mark David Major Copy Share Image
“When you talk to an author or an artist, you’re only ever getting half the story. We are crafting narratives for you.… — Phoebe North Copy Share Image
Keep in mind that we're always up to other things, so we tend to sit on things from time to time. In… — Glenn McQuaid Copy Share Image
“Myths are the retrospective transfiguration of sacrificial crises, the reinterpretation of those crises in light of the cultural order that has arisen… — René Girard Copy Share Image
Nothing was easy, and sometimes she failed, and sometimes she thought that the fairy stories were right, that there must indeed be… — Sonya Hartnett Copy Share Image
I was the British spy who had come out of the woodwork and told it how it really was, and anything I… — John le Carre Copy Share Image
Film makers should be able to experiment with narrative without alienating the audience and without creating something that's impenetrable. — Christopher Nolan Copy Share Image
I wrote two plotted books, got some of the fundamentals of storytelling down, then... it's sort of like taking the training wheels… — Jonathan Franzen Copy Share Image
There's a creative freedom to comics, and a fulfillment I get out of panel layouts and storytelling that is hard for me… — Joe Madureira Copy Share Image
Any narrative, whether it's fiction or not, you have to approach it as though it really happened to you. I think that's… — Jason Isbell Copy Share Image
John Cassavetes' films have really altered the way I see film and acting and storytelling and emotion and love, so I see… — Tatiana Maslany Copy Share Image
Romance novels are tales of brave women taming dangerous men. They are stories that capture the excitement of that most mysterious of… — Jayne Ann Krentz Copy Share Image
“My people understood that time is an ocean, not a river. It doesn't flow away and pour itself out, done and gone.… — Laini Taylor Copy Share Image
“Every adult life could be said to be defined by two great love stories. The first - the story of our quest… — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
“One thing writers have in common is the need to procrastinate. People don't really understand this, but it's not avoiding work, it… — Steven T. Seagle Copy Share Image
First and foremost, I consider myself a storyteller. And I'm endlessly fascinated with people, with what they do and why... and how… — Debbie Macomber Copy Share Image
It goes against the American storytelling grain to have someone in a situation he can't get out of, but I think this… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
![“It goes against the American storytelling grain to have someone in a situation he can't get out of, but I think this is very usual in life. [...] And it strikes me as gruesome and comical that in our culture we have an expectation that a man can always solve his problems. There is an implication…” quote by Kurt Vonnegut](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/505/kurt-vonnegut-41_comical_it-goes-against-the-american-storytellin_665322.jpg)
