STORY, n. A narrative, commonly untrue.

STORY, n. A narrative, commonly untrue. The truth of the stories here following has, however, not been successfully impeached.

— Ambrose Bierce

“Historical periodization always tells a story. It is a narrative device for putting meaning into the flux of historical process - creating protagonists, heroes,…

— James Ferguson

“Stories are how we make sense of our lives. To tell a story is to own it: to own the narrative thread to own…

— Deborah Copaken Kogan

The word "story" is short for the word "history." They both have the same root and fundamentally mean the same thing. A story is…

— James M. Kouzes

“Neuroeconomist Paul Zak has found that hearing a story—a narrative with a beginning, middle, and end—causes our brains to release cortisol and oxytocin. These…

— Brené Brown

“At this point it may be helpful to remember the distinction that the narratologist Gérard Genette makes between story and narrative.46 A literary narrative…

— Ellen F. Davis

The juxtaposition of words - the color, feeling, and sound of the words together - has as much to do with the story as…

— Chad Smith

We brainstorm an idea and then we do flesh it out a little bit - we come up with a script, mostly to have…

— Carrie Brownstein

Living "in" a story, being part of a narrative, is much more satisfying than living without one. I don't always know what narrative it…

— David Byrne

“Nuclear episodes stand out in bold print in life story as narrative high points, low points and turning points, explaining how the person has…

— Dan P. McAdams

Say you have a headline like "Mountain Bike Stolen," and then you read the story, read another story about it the next day, and…

— Christopher Nolan

“Everything is a story, a narrative, a sequence of events with characters communicating an emotional content.”

— Carlos Ruiz Zafón

Everything is a tale, Martin. What we believe, what we know, what we remember, even what we dream. Everything is a story, a narrative,…

— Carlos Ruiz Zafon

Myths are, in fact...neither primitive nor untrue. They are, rather, a kind of poetry that helps us make sense of the world and our…

— Stephen H. Furrer

If you do weave one-liners into a story, you have to have an overall story as well, otherwise it doesn't really count as narrative.

— Tim Vine