Stories are different every time you tell them - they…

“When she smiles, the lines in her face become epic narratives that trace the stories of generations that no book can replace.”

— Curtis Tyrone Jones

I think we all are born inside of our parents' narratives. We stay there for a good while. We are taught their narratives about…

— Melissa Febos

Narration is as much a part of human nature as breath and the circulation of the blood… storytelling is intrinsic to biological time, which…

— A. S. Byatt

I was an English-literature major, and that's all about stories and narratives.

— Rachel Weisz

I think it's very improtant and healthy to tell differnt stories than the corporatist narratives we are being asked to swallow hook, line and…

— John Cusack

If we need simple narratives so people can amplify and spread them, are we forced to engage only with the simplest of problems?

— Ethan Zuckerman

How often do we stand convinced of the truth of our early memories, forgetting that they are assessments made by a child? We can…

— Benjamin Zander

Our lives are a long series of acquiring and then sloughing narratives.

— Melissa Febos

Adults need more complex narratives. They have their own narratives. The main characters are themselves.

— Haruki Murakami

With some songs, I have written narratives or I've tried to carry it through, but generally the things that were more genius, as far…

— Stephen Malkmus

I've had frustrated storytelling juices that have been lying dormant for a long time, and I guess the documentary was a way of me…

— Eric Bana

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

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

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

Narratives can be misconstrued.

— Jordan Poole