Narrative and characters have always interested me. I never tried to alienate an audience. Of course, gradually, I wanted a bigger and… — Miranda July Copy Share Image
My priority is my books, at least at this point. What I have to do is write the narrative of this time. — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
I wanted to hold onto and exploit the power of narrative. This is not only a book about a great storyteller, but… — Stephen Greenblatt Copy Share Image
I suffer from and enjoy an incredibly vivid dream life. A lot of times there is a sort of narrative, and other… — Adam Rapp Copy Share Image
Why will people persist in reading strange meanings into the simplest of story? Is it not enough that a writer can entertain… — Margaret Mitchell Copy Share Image
I don't teach narrative theory by itself anymore, but I kind of use it when critiquing student manuscripts. So, it works its… — Rob Roberge Copy Share Image
For me, intuitive thinking means associative thinking; intuition causes us to introduce narrative or figurative elements into a poem before we're able… — James Arthur Copy Share Image
In narrative films, you set up reality, so you can limit the variables. You don't have that luxury with docs. — Adrian Grenier Copy Share Image
In fact, I always assumed that most everything I read was true, to one degree or another. I couldn't articulate this fact… — Kevin Keck Copy Share Image
Fantasy is a product of thought, Imagination of sensibility. If the thinking, discursive mind turns to speculation, the result isFantasy; if, however,… — Herbert Read Copy Share Image
“A story is nothing more than a reproduction of the order of the world on a purely verbal scale. A replica of… — Ricardo Piglia Copy Share Image
Many of the narratives can only tend to excite ideas the worst calculated for a female breast: Every thing is called plainly… — Matthew Lewis Copy Share Image
Poetry, above all is a series of intense moments its power is not in narrative. I'm not dealing with facts, I'm dealing… — Carol Ann Duffy Copy Share Image
A plain narrative of any remarkable fact, emphatically related, has a more striking effect without the author's comment. — William Shenstone Copy Share Image
I don't think comic timing is the same as music timing, but I definitely find that I've learned from just writing in… — Steve Martin Copy Share Image
I was really interested in the way in which poverty and economic stagnation were transforming and corrupting the American narrative. — Lynn Nottage Copy Share Image
If I were making paintings of a bowl of fruit it would still be viewed through some sort of political lens, because… — Kehinde Wiley Copy Share Image
One of our worst traits in journalism is that when we have a narrative in our minds, we often plug in anecdotes… — Nicholas Kristof Copy Share Image
No matter how stark the reality, a human being fits it into a narrative that is palatable. — Joshua Prager Copy Share Image
One absolutely crucial change is that feminist film theory is today an academic subject to be studied and taught. "Visual Pleasure and… — Laura Mulvey Copy Share Image
The chief character in this narrative is the Caribbean Sea, one of the world's most alluring bodies of water, a rare gem… — James A. Michener Copy Share Image
Whether politicians are dealing with complex policy problems or trying to communicate with the electorate, it makes sense to establish a clear,… — Anthony Albanese Copy Share Image
Sometimes the art pieces I gravitate toward speak to me in terms of narrative, at other times they speak to me in… — Claudia Rankine Copy Share Image
Many of our holidays revolve around traumas that happened to our people and how we must remember them in specific ways. The… — Jill Soloway Copy Share Image
