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 fell in love with poetry through storytelling, so my poetry tends to be fairly narrative. I like characters, I like having… — Sarah Kay Copy Share Image
“Yeah, episodic doesn't work. Your coolest character needs something big and meaningful to do. Otherwise, well, it's just narrative shit.” — Don Roff Copy Share Image
[My work] looks very cinematic because it's not abstract video art. It's sometimes very narrative and since I play with film grammar… — Nicolas Provost Copy Share Image
Because boys tend to dominate the narrative for who's at risk, sometimes they dominate the lion's share of services, too. — Ayanna Pressley Copy Share Image
I'm also developing my own narrative, because I'm the son of a widow. And so, while working with women and gathering their… — Chath Piersath Copy Share Image
I'm not interested in being perfect when im older. Im interested in having a narrative. It's the narrative that's really the most… — Jodie Foster Copy Share Image
It makes more sense to write one big book - a novel or nonfiction narrative - than to write many stories or… — Annie Dillard Copy Share Image
The biggest misconception is that I'm only a documentary filmmaker, but in fact I have made many narrative shorts. My biggest inspirations… — Alex Hammond Copy Share Image
I read a lot growing up. It was kind of my comfort, you know; I loved it. I love story. I love… — Julianne Moore Copy Share Image
Fascinating, often hilarious, always devastatingly truthful, The Inconvenient Indian is destined to become a classic of historical narrative. For those who wish… — Joseph Boyden Copy Share Image
It's very difficult to understand, but I'm looking for a nonnarrative, multiscreen, present-tense cinema. Narrative is an artifact created by us. It… — Peter Greenaway Copy Share Image
When it comes to the form the narrative will take, whether first person, third person, or Aunt Grace's cat, I usually find… — Thomas Steinbeck Copy Share Image
John Lane has long been recognized as one of the South's finest poets and memoirists. This debut establishes him as one of… — Ron Rash Copy Share Image
Everything is a tale, Martin. What we believe, what we know, what we remember, even what we dream. Everything is a story,… — Carlos Ruiz Zafon Copy Share Image
I am not given to making sense out of life - or coming up with some grand narrative on it - other… — Lee Kuan Yew Copy Share Image
“The air in the strange, familiar environment of this city is dense with story, and it draws me into thinking of life… — Teju Cole Copy Share Image
“The Trenches of Comprehension by Stewart Stafford Drowning at quicksand's smothering pace, A lonely disappearance that leaves no trace. As I struggle… — Stewart Stafford Copy Share Image
The inherent non-linearity of the digital allows for more input from others, including the subject and reader as collaborators. The top-down, bedtime-style… — Fred Ritchin Copy Share Image
I am not against identity politics or single based issues; at the same time, we need to find ways to connect these… — Henry Giroux Copy Share Image
We need a change in consciousness to go with this technology platform. We need a new narrative: we need to shift from… — Jeremy Rifkin Copy Share Image
“Here in Alpha City, we have a common saying: “What we call ‘sky’ is merely a figment of our narrative.” The most… — Ashim Shanker Copy Share Image
The mathematical question is "Why?" It's always why. And the only way we know how to answer such questions is to come… — Paul Lockhart Copy Share Image
Say you have a headline like "Mountain Bike Stolen," and then you read the story, read another story about it the next… — Christopher Nolan Copy Share Image
I am thoroughly tired of the fable style of narrative and shall do my best to get up something entirely different and… — George Ade Copy Share Image
The Rafale deal narrative that the Congress is setting is a propaganda that has international ramifications. — Nirmala Sitharaman Copy Share Image
Artists and the traditional record company model are at odds. The music business has notoriously taken from the artist. That shouldn't be… — Steve Stoute Copy Share Image
I didn't think of the narrative as making a judgment. It didn't occur to me the reader would either, but that doesn't… — Rachel Kushner Copy Share Image
What gets lost in the textbook is the overall narrative. It gets lost in all the boxes and all the photos and… — James W. Loewen Copy Share Image
Chiefs who no more in bloody fights engage, But wise through time, and narrative with age, In summer-days like grasshoppers rejoice -… — Alexander Pope Copy Share Image
Dominant narrative is so overwhelming in politics. The smallest gaffe when the momentum is against you is a disaster. But when it… — Ed Miliband Copy Share Image
When a culture is being dumbed down as effectively as ours is, its narrative arts (literature, film, theatre) seem to vacillate between… — Tom Robbins Copy Share Image
What I've experienced, I'm trying to put in a narrative form, I suppose, to say that it does make sense in this… — Oliver Stone Copy Share Image
I've been told by people I respect that flashbacks only work if they have their own narrative, but they can't be part… — Jill Soloway Copy Share Image
I used to use a lot of words in the paintings but stopped because it created a narrative - or an answer… — Danny Fox Copy Share Image
More people pay attention to fiction and to narrative than pay attention to journalism. That's quite sad. More people pay attention to… — David Simon Copy Share Image
Jung Chang was the first person to tell a grand historical, political story through a personal narrative. — Aminatta Forna Copy Share Image
Ultimately, I prefer being in front of the camera. I didn't train to be a director and my eye on it is… — Adrian Lester Copy Share Image
I have to say that movies have as much impact on me as music. And that I learned as much about narrative… — Dana Spiotta Copy Share Image
Americans don't understand what metaphor in cinema is about. They're extremely good at making straightforward, linear narrative movies, which entertain superbly. But… — Peter Greenaway Copy Share Image
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