The narrative impulse is always with us; we couldn't imagine ourselves through a day without it. — Robert Coover Copy Share Image
It was a glorious resurrection, from the tomb of slavery, to the heaven of slavery. My long-crushed spirit rose, cowardice departed, bold… — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
At the heart of any successful film is a powerful story. And a story should be just that: a narrative with a… — Julia Bacha Copy Share Image
Maybe, generations ago, young people rebelled out of some clear motive, but now, we know we're rebelling. Between teen movies and sex-ed… — Daniel Handler Copy Share Image
I'm very much aware in the writing of dialogue, or even in the narrative too, of a rhythm. There has to be… — Elmore Leonard Copy Share Image
I do think the challenge, in a way for me, is to write a narrative film and when you finish watching it… — Shane Black Copy Share Image
I want to be in control of drafting at least 80% the timing and cohesiveness of character and narrative. I want to… — Saschka Unseld Copy Share Image
The scientific method," Thomas Henry Huxley once wrote, "is nothing but the normal working of the human mind." That is to say,… — Neil Postman Copy Share Image
My studio practice is a - I suppose a bit more like [Thomas] Gainsborough or [Peter Paul] Rubens in the sense that… — Kehinde Wiley Copy Share Image
By all means, avoid words—threats, complaints, justification, narratives, reframing, attempts to win arguments, supplications; avoid words! — Nassim Nicholas Taleb Copy Share Image
I think people don't really actually talk about what their real issue is, which is that white, cis men - not straight… — Jill Soloway Copy Share Image
You could easily spend several lifetimes trying to master film. It make very good use of all the things that I love.… — Dave McKean Copy Share Image
In the hyper-sensitised reality of the region in which any criticism of Israel is swiftly and often unfairly branded as anti-Semitic, it… — Jane Fonda Copy Share Image
Marriage, which has been the bourne of so many narratives, is still a great beginning, as it was to Adam and Eve,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I'm wondering if the Roger Ailes scandal in which more than 20 women have come forward accusing him of sexual harassment is… — Terry Gross Copy Share Image
What I like about narrative in general is when there is some incongruity between the form and content. Let's say, mixing up… — Kelly Link Copy Share Image
Things have character. So I'm interested in how the character of the thing might function as a protagonist in what isn't a… — Jessica Stockholder Copy Share Image
The most enduring of the false narratives is that the signature phrase of the early pontificate - "Who am I to judge?"… — George Weigel Copy Share Image
The tricks of magic follow the archetypes of narrative fiction — there are tales of creation and loss, death and resurrection, and… — Marco Tempest Copy Share Image
I'm a former lefty, I understand how vicious these people are, I understand that they feel they have the right to control… — Andrew Breitbart Copy Share Image
To really start talking about a narrative where there's no good abortion or bad abortion; there's only the abortion that you need,… — Lizz Winstead Copy Share Image
Some write a narrative of wars and feats, Of heroes little known, and call the rant A history. — William Cowper Copy Share Image
As the coding movement continues to grow, the common narrative of the white male geek as the predominant influencer on geek culture… — Kimberly Bryant Copy Share Image
When you're doing a film, narrative is your most important tool, but it's a tool to create a cinematographic experience, to create… — Alfonso Cuaron Copy Share Image
When I started thinking seriously about learning the rules of narrative, I thought, 'You've learned the rules of dancing from the ballet;… — Twyla Tharp Copy Share Image
