The problem with fairy tales? They teach that as long as you're beautiful you can have whatever you want. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Myth is more individual and expresses life more precisely than does science. — Carl Jung Copy Share Image
I am not a storyteller . . . not like the others. I only have one tale to tell. — Kate Morton Copy Share Image
“narrative bias—a bias in that when given the option, you prefer to give and receive information in narrative format.” — David McRaney Copy Share Image
All you can do is show people...You tell stories that are true and compelling. — Bruce Springsteen Copy Share Image
It is the second job of literature to create myth. But its first job is to destroy it. — Kenzaburo Oe Copy Share Image
“The moral of the tale is this: whoever allows himself to be whipped, deserves to be whipped.” — Leopold von Sacher-Masoch Copy Share Image
But, number one, I think traditional noir doesn't work in contemporary storytelling because we don't live in that world anymore — Brian De Palma Copy Share Image
“Good storytelling lets the audience relive events in the present so they can understand the forces, choices, and emotions that led the… — John Truby Copy Share Image
“the whole story was in fact a legend, that is, the burial and discovery of an empty tomb were tales that later… — Bart D. Ehrman Copy Share Image
I am familiar with the Odiyan legend, as my mother used to tell me that her grandmother would narrate the Odiyan tales… — M. Jayachandran Copy Share Image
If you want to make your children brilliant, tell them fairy tales. If you want to make them more brilliant, tell them… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
I'm trying to make perfect moments. And those generate meaning. If you go deep enough in how to make a moment, very… — Ira Glass Copy Share Image
To be simple, I would say a story has to have a bit of narrative, if only "she says," and then enough… — Lydia Davis Copy Share Image
No matter how carefully records are kept and filed and computerized, they grow fuzzy with time. Stories grow by accretion. Tales accumulate--like… — Isaac Asimov Copy Share Image
“Charlie,” she said as she leaned on her desk just before me. “Most mothers read fairy tale stories to their children –… — Jamie Magee Copy Share Image
I'm not standing above the audience trying to manipulate them as a puppet master or a trickster; I'm inside the story I'm… — Scott Derrickson Copy Share Image
This is exactly the message that fairy tales get across to the child in manifold form: that a struggle against severe difficulties… — Bruno Bettelheim Copy Share Image
I do think the challenge, in a way for me, is to write a narrative film and when you finish watching it… — Shane Black Copy Share Image
As popular culture becomes more presentist, we move away from entertainment as the vicarious experience of a narrative - as watching someone… — Douglas Rushkoff Copy Share Image
“At critical moments in the life of individuals and of societies, it is not necessarily the facts that are needed as much… — Michael Meade Copy Share Image
“Some have ideas. You know how old chickens scratch and gabble. That's how the tales started, all the gossip, the wondering, all… — Louise Erdrich Copy Share Image
I would say I was challenging the system quite. But I like to think that if the choices I make are slightly… — Daniel Radcliffe Copy Share Image
The great thing about television is that you get to tell, like with "The Walking Dead", 16 hours worth of character-driven storytelling… — Gale Anne Hurd Copy Share Image
