I like being scared, so I've always liked fairy tales because they're kind of creepy. — Lana Parrilla Copy Share Image
Fairy tales and folk tales have always played a role in my writing in one way or another. — Linn Ullmann Copy Share Image
“Whether or not she believes in fairy tales, every girl is a princess to someone” — Zach Porter Copy Share Image
Nothing, not even human life, is more precious to us than our myths about ourselves. — Svetlana Alexievich Copy Share Image
“ 'So what happens next?' 'Everybody dies, and the people who don't get married.' 'Like any other story, then.' ” — Sarah Monette Copy Share Image
Storytelling is the most powerful way to put ideas into the world today. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
When narratives fracture, when words fail, I take consolation from the part of my life that always works: the stationery order. The… — Hilary Mantel Copy Share Image
We can never safely exceed the actual facts in our narratives. Of pure invention, such as some suppose, there is no instance.… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
While I don't like violent programs per se, I do like good storytelling, which made me a fan of shows like Breaking… — Hank Stuever Copy Share Image
Without sounding too pretentious, I was sort of a slave to the narrative. When the narrative cracks in, I have to go… — Jon Ronson Copy Share Image
Fantasy, in addition to being great storytelling, moves us at some unique and profound level. It has, I think, the power of… — Lloyd Alexander Copy Share Image
When you don't put your initials behind your name, and I've got tons of them, and when you talk about storytelling or… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
I loved adventure movies. I loved movies where people went on an adventure to an unknown land, an undiscovered country, or a… — Tom Hiddleston Copy Share Image
So much Western storytelling comes from Scandinavia. I've read that in the past, storytellers would travel to Iceland and exchange stories. It's… — Richard Dormer Copy Share Image
“What we believe affects our choices, our actions, and subsequently, our lives. The Greeks believed in thier gods, and this belief affected… — Amy Harmon Copy Share Image
“for simplicity’s sake, let us assume I am the center of creation. In doing this, let us pass over innumerable boring stories:… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
“Once upon a time all the men of mind and genius in the world became of one belief—that is to say, of… — F. Scott Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
“After a childhood reading fairy tales and myths, is it any wonder that when I began to write my own stories I… — Elizabeth Hoyt Copy Share Image
“As it unfolded, the structure of the story began to remind me of one of those Russian dolls that contain innumerable diminishing… — Carlos Ruiz Zafón Copy Share Image
“A shaman and a writer each serve as their communities’ seers by engaging in extraordinary acts of conscientious study of the past… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
One may call the world a myth , in which bodies and things are visible, but souls and minds hidden. Besides, to… — Sallust Copy Share Image
Living "in" a story, being part of a narrative, is much more satisfying than living without one. I don't always know what… — David Byrne Copy Share Image
Storytelling is at the heart of life. As a child, I was never bored because I could always get on with my… — Marion Woodman Copy Share Image
When we read a story, we inhabit it. The covers of the book are like a roof and four walls. — John Berger Copy Share Image
“Stories, news, past heartbreak, future happiness, all of these were to be shared by the person at the center of the tale.” — Ellen Herrick Copy Share Image
“...you’d be amazed at the grand tales the human brain will throw up to make sense of something nonsensical.” — Dianna Hardy Copy Share Image
I think it's really easy to be the altruistic hero of your own narrative and story. — Finneas Copy Share Image
Directing action scenes is really just pure visual storytelling that just makes sense to me pretty intuitively. — Hiro Murai Copy Share Image
Stories are different every time you tell them - they allow so many possible narratives. — David Antin Copy Share Image
I kept always two books in my pocket, one to read, one to write in. — Robert Louis Stevenson Copy Share Image
I dont want a cindrella or fairy tale love story, I want my own love story n my own happy ending — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If you could have a book called My Favorite Six Stories, I don't think I'd have trouble doing that. — Ann Beattie Copy Share Image
As a kid, I was obsessed with myths and legends and the haunting beauty of gothic stories. — Nathan Parsons Copy Share Image
There have been great societies that did not use the wheel, but there have been no societies that did not tell stories. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“What are they supposed to do when they've been told their whole lives not to believe in fairy tales?” — Heather O'Neill Copy Share Image
No, no! The adventures first, explanations take such a dreadful time. — Lewis Carroll Copy Share Image
“Story, because it is relatable, memorable and often unobtrusive, can help us to see through new eyes.” — Cindee Snider Re Copy Share Image
