We are all prone to the myth of the perfect stranger

Mythology is something that always has opportunities to explore. 'It' has been on Earth for millions of years. He's been in contact with humans…

— Andy Muschietti

I have always been fascinated by the supernatural elements in stories, whether fairy tales, myths, film or literature.

— Trudi Canavan

Beware of self-indulgence. The romance surrounding the writing profession carries several myths: that one must suffer in order to be creative; that one must…

— David Brin

'Sex and The City' was made to correct the myth that if you were single at a certain age, you were a leper. Its…

— Michael Patrick King

If it is written and read with serious attention, a novel, like a myth or any great work of art, can become an initiation…

— Karen Armstrong

“Believe reality is what you were taught was myth.”

— Nicholas A. McGirr

The fall [of your soul] from perfection into duality...was naturally followed by the discovery of the duality of good and evil...This is the Biblical…

— Joseph Campbell

“I argue that the Jesus of the Gospels is essentially a myth. The Gospels are largely fiction. They were created around the turn of…

— Alvar Ellegård

Those who claim absolutism is merely a myth are right that it has been misused simply as a byword for political centralisation.

— Peter Wilson

I think the older you get, you start to break down the myth and you get to the dirt of it - and if…

— Jena Malone

“And we cannot keep our balance. Myth gives way to Reason. Revelation to Orthodoxy. We must dance or go mad.”

— Tom Cheetham

Canada is a myth people made up to entertain children, like the Tooth Fairy. There’s no such place.

— Christopher Moore

In each studio there is a human being dressed in the full regalia of his myth fearing to expore a vulnerable opening, spreading not…

— Anais Nin

The greatest reward of this constant interrogation, confrontation with the brutality of my country, is that it has freed me from hosts and myths.

— Ta-Nehisi Coates

Contrary to a common myth, while there are general guidelines, there is no exact 'right' way to run ... I am amazed by the…

— Grete Waitz