I think what I have started to acknowledge is how integral storytelling plays a part in how humanity sees themselves. That means… — Naomi Ackie Copy Share Image
I spent my childhood watching every scary movie that Hollywood ever made. And I think that gave me the best education for… — Tess Gerritsen Copy Share Image
His heart danced upon her movements like a cork upon a tide. He heard what her eyes said to him from beneath… — James Joyce Copy Share Image
This was not a fearie tale. This was not the movies. This was life. It hurt more. It was excruciating. It was… — Francesca Lia Block Copy Share Image
The narrative constructs the identity of the character, what can be called his or her narrative identity, in constructing that of the… — Paul Ricoeur Copy Share Image
For me, the triad of 'Harry Potter,' the 'Hunger Games' and 'Twilight' feature strong women, and as a declared feminist, it's a… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
If you can relate to what the character's going through, the story can be as ridiculous as possible, and people will relate… — Drew Goddard Copy Share Image
People who are upset about something ruminate on it whenever they get a chance; they are constantly drawn back to their own… — Emile Chartier Copy Share Image
“A child, left to play alone, says of quite an easy thing, 'Now I am going to to do something very difficult'.… — Cyril Connolly Copy Share Image
Glen Hirshberg's stories are haunting, absolutely, but not only because of the content -- the stories themselves haunt, they stick around, they… — Aimee Bender Copy Share Image
The value of the myth is that it takes all the things we know and restores to them the rich significance which… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“As a rule the tales which get abroad in the world are false. . . . People always exaggerate things. More so,… — Yoshida Kenko Copy Share Image
My early stories revolved around reality and faith. I wrote a series of stories about the darker aspects of Christian myth: a… — Karin Tidbeck Copy Share Image
“I think I was actually channelling my grandfather,’ she admitted. ‘He lived right out in the woods in this little cottage and… — Emma Jackson Copy Share Image
Myths are public dreams, dreams are private myths. We must be willing to get rid of the life we planned, so as… — Joseph Campbell Copy Share Image
“That's all any of these myths have been trying to do. To take a huge, terrifying phenomenon, something you can only stare… — Cory O'Brien Copy Share Image
“We should not delude ourselves into thinking that our historical narratives, as commonly constructed, are anything more than retrofits.” — Niall Ferguson Copy Share Image
I took lots of photographs and had planned to write a treatise on how it worked, but I quickly got bored with… — Kit Williams Copy Share Image
I get very excited by these hoity-toity directors with their bells and whistles, but I find simple storytelling done really well just… — Kathy Burke Copy Share Image
“It feels as honest as the day is crummy that I begin this tale of total desperation and woe with me, my… — James Patterson Copy Share Image
Storytelling comes naturally to humans, but since we live in an unnatural world, we sometimes need a little help doing what we'd… — Dan Harmon Copy Share Image
Oh, can I really believe the poet's tales, that when one first sees the object of one's love, one imagines one has… — Soren Kierkegaard Copy Share Image
I think my narrative is actually pretty interesting if I step back from it and don't engage too much in it, personally… — Karyn Kusama Copy Share Image
Virtual reality's been around for 40 years. People have been talking about storytelling in that world for all these years, and there… — Edwin Catmull Copy Share Image
If you judge everything by how photographically real it looks, then you're missing out on a lot of what art is about… — Ben Wheatley Copy Share Image
“Corporate & personal branding both require storytelling to be captivating. Stories provide context, meaning & the opportunity for relationship.” — Ryan Lilly Copy Share Image
I write in reverse: Rather than come up with a narrative and write jokes for that narrative, I write jokes independently of… — Jeff Kinney Copy Share Image
“When blame and self-judgement are transformed, healed, and cease to be, we have reawakened without the myth, the mythos, of separation. We… — Wendy E. Slater Copy Share Image
I was really interested in the way in which poverty and economic stagnation were transforming and corrupting the American narrative. — Lynn Nottage Copy Share Image
There are six myths about old age: 1. That it's a disease, a disaster. 2. That we are mindless. 3. That we… — Maggie Kuhn Copy Share Image
Writers who can't invent stories often substitute style for narrative. They remind me of the painter who couldn't paint people, so he… — Bernard Malamud Copy Share Image
The dogma of woman's complete historical subjection to men must be rated as one of the most fantastic myths ever created by… — Mary Ritter Beard Copy Share Image
“-Dream up something wild and improbable. Something beautiful and full of monsters. -Beautiful and full of monsters? -All the best stories are.” — Laini Taylor Copy Share Image
Imagination is more important than knowledge, myth more than history and dreams more than facts. Hope always triumphs over experience and that… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The truth is, my folk-lore friends and my Saturday Reviewer differ with me on the important problem of the origin of folk-tales.… — Joseph Jacobs Copy Share Image
Concentrate your narrative energy on the point of change. This is especially important for historical fiction. When your character is new to… — Hilary Mantel Copy Share Image
This unceasing interplay between experience and narrative is a uniquely human attribute. We are the storytellers, the ones who put life into… — Christina Baldwin Copy Share Image
It's interesting to marry American musical traditions with the subtlety of English-style storytelling and folk singer-songwriters like Martin Carthy and Bert Jansch… — Johnny Flynn Copy Share Image
“Even if the story relating to some of them may not belong to literary history, it certainly does belong in the story… — Arthur Schnitzler Copy Share Image
I like that 'once upon a time' quality, where the telling of a tale has an elevated sense of story. There's a… — Erin Morgenstern Copy Share Image
