There never was a scandalous tale without some foundation. — Richard Brinsley Sheridan Copy Share Image
Folk tales, which are usually written for children, become a bigger lesson for adults. — Shweta Basu Prasad Copy Share Image
“They do not realize that a myth is dead if it no longer lives and grows. Our myth has become mute, and… — C. G. Jung Copy Share Image
It is possible to assemble a narrative for yourself, brokenly, on social media, only seeing what you want to look at. — Alexandra Petri Copy Share Image
It's almost a sort of fairy story tale, just what a novelist would write about a discovery. — Charles Hard Townes Copy Share Image
People come to museums for storytelling and engagement, and the technology needs to facilitate that. — Jake Barton Copy Share Image
The way we as a world consume stories - and sometimes people - is a phenomenon that we're seeing much more of… — Brian McGinn Copy Share Image
We cannot resort to simplistic or extreme solutions which substitute myths for common sense. — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
“If you don't have a narrative, just make one up. You can always change it when you have more clarity. Any narrative… — L. R. W. Lee Copy Share Image
In the best of all possible worlds, directors would obsess about the quality of their storytelling, and not the details of their… — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
“Recalls The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, the better work of Jim Thompson (The Grifters; After Dark, My Sweet) and Thomas Berger’s… — Scott B. Smith Copy Share Image
Truth may be stranger than fiction on a plot and narrative basis, but fiction can investigate tone in a way that things… — Ray McKinnon Copy Share Image
Im not really devoted or specified towards any specific genre at all. I really like it all. Theres good storytelling in all… — Angela Bettis Copy Share Image
I've always had an ear for melodies, and they veer pop. My lyrics are more country - what I love is the… — Maren Morris Copy Share Image
You have a natural tendency to want an emotionally satisfying tale - and to make investments based on that - despite times… — Barry Ritholtz Copy Share Image
I do think any modern storyteller is influenced by the stories we all grow up with and become familiar with, our shared… — Ian Doescher Copy Share Image
The Internet has been a great outlet for storytelling. After all, there are web-based shows that have started online and have then… — Eva LaRue Copy Share Image
Mythology is composed by poets out of their insights and realizations. Mythologies are not invented; they are found. You can no more… — Joseph Campbell Copy Share Image
I'm a memoir writer. I try to understand the world by taking experiences I have and making them into a story, whether… — Staceyann Chin Copy Share Image
It’s an irritating reality that many places and events defy description. Angkor Wat and Machu Picchu, for instance, seem to demand silence,… — Anthony Bourdain Copy Share Image
“Sara Kendell once read somewhere that the tale of the world is like a tree. The tale, she understood, did not so… — Charles de Lint Copy Share Image
We mythologists know very well that myths and legends contain borrowings, moral lessons, nature cycles, and a hundred other distorting influences, and… — Isaac Asimov Copy Share Image
“I do believe that some humans have more amazing lives than others–above all, those who don’t sit down in a chair like… — Merce Cardus Copy Share Image
I think that, every individual you invent in narrative work, you have to have some root in who that person is. That… — Amor Towles Copy Share Image
