I grew up on movie sets, getting to see storytelling happen up close. — Scott Eastwood Copy Share Image
What kind of people we become depends crucially on the stories we are nurtured on. — Chinweizu Ibekwe Copy Share Image
Prose, narratives, etcetera, can carry healing. Poetry does it more intensely. — Ted Hughes Copy Share Image
Tell me the tales that to me were so dear, Long, long ago, long, long ago. — Thomas Haynes Bayly Copy Share Image
“Don’t satisfy your thirst by drinking stories from others. Write your own story to feel more thirst.” — Debasish Mridha Copy Share Image
All the ancient classic fairy tales have always been scary and dark. — Helena Bonham Carter Copy Share Image
Therapy, as opposed to analysis, is a whole construct of myth, beautiful and creative. — Dennis Potter Copy Share Image
“In spite of life's unpredictable, callous ways, I still believe in fairy tales.” — Terry a O'Neal Copy Share Image
A good writer gets better only by learning to cut, to remove the ornamental, the descriptive, the narrative, and especially the deeply… — David Mamet Copy Share Image
Mani Ratnam was a favourite filmmaker because he did mainstream storytelling but always had a very real context or political backdrop. — Kabir Khan Copy Share Image
“A tale may have exactly three beginnings: one for the audience, one for the artist, and one for the poor bastard who… — Catherynne M. Valente Copy Share Image
Right before 'American Dreams,' I started to pursue these avenues, like short films and getting into a couple night courses to really… — Tom Verica Copy Share Image
For the myth is the foundation of life; it is the timeless schema, the pious formula into which life flows when it… — Thomas Mann Copy Share Image
I've never been able to write narrative as a character, really. Jenny Lewis, I love her stuff, I love that she can… — Lauren Mayberry Copy Share Image
There are two different forms of storytelling: Novels tend to come from the inside of a character, and movies tend to look… — Walter Kirn Copy Share Image
We use music, cinematic storytelling and very stylized backgrounds to create mood and atmosphere as 'Samurai Jack' travels an exotic landscape. The… — Genndy Tartakovsky Copy Share Image
I grew up as a fifth-generation Jew in the American South, at the confluence of two great storytelling traditions. After graduating from… — Bruce Feiler Copy Share Image
“The driver watched the young female figure approach within his rearview mirror, unable to discern more than superficial characteristics. As she grew… — R.J. Lawrence Copy Share Image
“Later, when his desires had been satisfied, he slept in an odorous whorehouse, snoring lustily next to an insomniac tart, and dreamed.… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
The Hawley Book of the Dead had me completely spellbound from beginning to end. A storytelling virtuosa, Chrysler Szarlan has woven a… — Anne Fortier Copy Share Image
“It was all the answer Rook needed. He plunged his hand into the soil, long fingers grasping down. This was no offering… — Margaret Rogerson Copy Share Image
“For the narrative to exist, so that it could be read and reread even if I was taken away. Stories outlive their… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
At most, recognizing that our history was inspired by many tales we now recognize as false should make us alert, ready to… — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
I want to photograph what I see and put it in a dramatic context. I'm an actor and a writer, and I… — Tommy Lee Jones Copy Share Image
