There is no longer any such thing as fiction or nonfiction; there's only narrative. — E. L. Doctorow Copy Share Image
I'm aware of narrating certain experiences as they happen or obliterating those experiences with narrative and then those stories - not the… — Ben Lerner Copy Share Image
Biggie and Big Pun were the best storytellers of the '90s. I would get wrapped up in the narrative of what they… — Lin-Manuel Miranda Copy Share Image
I've got a number of stories written so far in that mythos, more lined up to be written, and a narrative arc… — Hal Duncan Copy Share Image
Without sounding too pretentious, I was sort of a slave to the narrative. When the narrative cracks in, I have to go… — Jon Ronson Copy Share Image
I used to teach writing in a federal prison, and for my students' benefit, I would liken the narrative use of this… — Norman Lock Copy Share Image
If you're a certain type of actor, then eventually stepping into a director's shoes is a natural transition. I've always been the… — Russell Crowe Copy Share Image
Ninety percent of the research comes first. I mostly blunder around reading stuff and talking to smart people until an idea batters… — Scott Westerfeld Copy Share Image
The innovators' spirit of America still exists. However, there is a narrative in America which goes like - you must go to… — Shiva Ayyadurai Copy Share Image
People need a sacred narrative. They must have a sense of larger purpose, in one form or another, however intellectualized. They will… — E. O. Wilson Copy Share Image
A history of perceived humiliation, after all, lurks behind many acts of terror. And competing narratives of victimhood and insults sustain conflicts… — Serge Schmemann Copy Share Image
I have always been aware that I can never represent all trans people. No one or two or three trans people can.… — Laverne Cox Copy Share Image
“Public transit situates us so that we are given license to accept what's right in front of us, but will likely arouse… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Narratives have the same power, I think. Some readers of my novels ask me, "Why do you understand me?". That's a huge… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
I tend to agree with my husband, that to continue the conversation about something that is an important topic, particularly now, which… — Katey Sagal Copy Share Image
In documentaries, there's a truth that unfolds unnaturally, and you get to chronicle it. In narratives, you have to create the situations… — Ava DuVernay Copy Share Image
Just like Hillary Clinton is against the miners, she is against the police, believe me. Those peddling, the narrative of cops as… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
I want to photograph what I see and put it in a dramatic context. I'm an actor and a writer, and I… — Tommy Lee Jones Copy Share Image
Documentaries are unpredictable. You never know what will turn up, and the drama occurs in real time. But if you listen to… — Cosima Spender Copy Share Image
If you're, like, a PhD student in English, and you look at each instance that Richard Yates is mentioned in the book...it… — Tao Lin Copy Share Image
Truth may be stranger than fiction on a plot and narrative basis, but fiction can investigate tone in a way that things… — Ray McKinnon Copy Share Image
The second volume of Reiner Stach's epic biography of Franz Kafka . . . [is] a tangle of counter-grained and often under-sourced… — Steve Donoghue Copy Share Image
“The telling and the hearing of a story is not a simple act. The one who tells must reach down into deeper… — Susan Griffin Copy Share Image
