Narrative is one of the best intoxicants or tranquilisers.

Nostalgia keeps dissolving the ironic narratives in which I have contained my past.

— Mason Cooley

Merkel has realized that the euro is not working, but she cannot change the narrative she has created because that narrative has caught the…

— George Soros

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

Your job as a writer is to find storylines, narrative structures, and characters to show the things that you believe rather than saying them…

— Philipp Meyer

A lot of Broadway has that immigrant narrative of America as a place where you can become something else against all odds.

— Deborah Kass

I've always been interested in medicine and was pleased when my brother became a doctor. But after thinking seriously about that field, I realized…

— Lois Lowry

My writing has always been what you call 'narrative fiction' in the sense that it's got very strong plots and twists at the end.

— Anthony Horowitz

The narrative needs to change. Asian-American actresses don't want to be the damsels in distress anymore. We don't want to be saved, especially by…

— Jamie Chung

John Lane has long been recognized as one of the South's finest poets and memoirists. This debut establishes him as one of our finest…

— Ron Rash

A digital director shouldn't be out front, but a campaign manager's job is to set a narrative.

— Brad Parscale

It's interesting to think about the history of Israel in relation to the history of the U.S.. There were Native Americans living here that…

— Jill Soloway

I don't really think in terms of the future of literature. I think literature will be around "forever" - but in a relatively niche…

— Nick Antosca

“Story is one of the foundation stones of the human mind along with rhythm and chant. If a collection of facts lacks a narrative…

— Frank Vehafric

I think any new technology that helps connect and create social cohesion is great. But at the end of the day, you and I…

— Peter Guber

Short fiction is the medium I love the most, because it requires that I bring everything I've learned about poetry - the concision, the…

— Ron Rash