Stories are different every time you tell them - they allow so many possible narratives. — David Antin Copy Share Image
There's a certain joy in taking a dramatic narrative and then adding that element of horror to it. — Lauren Ashley Carter Copy Share Image
“Dominance is not a state of being, but a continuous act of narrative architecture.” — Kangoma Kindembo Copy Share Image
“The sheer volume of bad news had gotten beyond anybody’s ability to process into a narrative.” — Charlie Jane Anders Copy Share Image
That's what culture is based on, the passing down of a certain narrative by imitation. — Bradford Cox Copy Share Image
To have frequent recourse to narrative betrays great want of imagination. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“The reason stories have dramatic tension is because LIFE has dramatic tension.” — Donald Miller Copy Share Image
'Lucky Life' is my second narrative film. I worked on the idea for 'Lucky Life' while in Rwanda for my first film. — Lee Isaac Chung Copy Share Image
In my mind, there's usually a fairly definitive kind of narrative when I write. But I don't want to enforce that on… — Johnny Flynn Copy Share Image
“As a designer, you have to think in time and see things in sequence. You have to see information as a narrative… — Paul Mijksenaar Copy Share Image
Our own genomes carry the story of evolution, written in DNA, the language of molecular genetics, and the narrative is unmistakable. — Kenneth R. Miller Copy Share Image
I don't think that the people in my stories are lying to themselves. Well, some of them are - everybody is at… — Joshuah Bearman Copy Share Image
As with all other aspects of the narrative art, you will improve with practice, but practice will never make you perfect. Why… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
“Story is one of the foundation stones of the human mind along with rhythm and chant. If a collection of facts lacks… — Frank Vehafric Copy Share Image
I like the idea of a big caesura between the narratives, a space which readers can fill in with their own speculative… — Jonathan Coe Copy Share Image
“December 29, 1946: Snowing this morning. The year seems to be dying in a light white blanket. Only three more days of… — Angie Klink Copy Share Image
One of the best ways to convince someone is to use a telling example, a story, a narrative. When Steve Jobs announced… — Kabir Sehgal Copy Share Image
It is important to insist on the historical truthfulness of the narrative of the fall of Adam and Eve. Just as the… — Wayne Grudem Copy Share Image
I have been writing fairy tales for as long as I can remember. Not much has changed in terms of my natural… — Kate Bernheimer Copy Share Image
“… it would even be inexact to say that I thought of those who read it as readers of my book. Because… — Marcel Proust Copy Share Image
A good mixtape didn't just gather together a bunch of love songs, but instead created an emotional narrative specific to your affection.… — Anthony Marra Copy Share Image
I don't really think in terms of the future of literature. I think literature will be around "forever" - but in a… — Nick Antosca Copy Share Image
It was important to me to change the narrative. It's important because it has an impact on everything you do. It doesn't… — Mo Abudu Copy Share Image
Jeremy Popkin's collection of first-person narratives of the Haitian Revolution is an extremely valuable work, accessible, sound and intelligent. I only wish… — Madison Smartt Bell Copy Share Image
We normally think of history as one catastrophe after another, war followed by war, outrage by outrage - almost as if history… — Thomas Cahill Copy Share Image
“At this point it may be helpful to remember the distinction that the narratologist Gérard Genette makes between story and narrative.46 A… — Ellen F. Davis Copy Share Image
One of the ways that we cope with anxiety is by over planning and over controlling. If we know where it's going… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
“The book argues that even though many cases have been held up as classic examples of modern American “witch hunts,” none of… — Ross Cheit Copy Share Image
White guilt is more of a sanctioned social convention than a genuine emotional experience. It’s a form of theatrical empathy that’s socially… — Jack Donovan Copy Share Image
“The baby explodes into an unknown world that is only knowable through some kind of a story - of course that is… — Jeanette Winterson Copy Share Image
Every family has a story that it tells itself, that it passes on to the children and grandchildren. The story grows over… — A.M. Homes Copy Share Image
The viewer is more likely to project their own narrative onto the picture. — Gregory Crewdson Copy Share Image
If I'm doing a daily soap I would like my character to drive the narrative. — Rupali Ganguly Copy Share Image
There is a narrative of 'Washington fighting' because it's interesting and it's drama. — Katie Hill Copy Share Image
I think what happens normally in a narrative film is that the camera constructs the reality. — Sam Seder Copy Share Image
Art in the United States is a kind of visual entertainment focusing on expected narratives. — Massimiliano Gioni Copy Share Image
