Poetry, for me, conveys the essence of narrative rather than its particulars. — Delia Sherman Copy Share Image
The narrative was too constricted; it was like a fetus strangling on its own umbilical cord. — John Gregory Dunne Copy Share Image
There is a stigma attached to community colleges, and we do need to change the narrative. — Jill Biden Copy Share Image
As an author of narrative history, I read a lot of history books. — Nathaniel Philbrick Copy Share Image
Political dictatorships take possession not just of money and belongings but of narrative. — Hisham Matar Copy Share Image
Writing is a process of discovering. I could never outline a narrative; that just sounds boring. There's no joy of discovery in… — Bob Shacochis Copy Share Image
I think it's very improtant and healthy to tell differnt stories than the corporatist narratives we are being asked to swallow hook,… — John Cusack Copy Share Image
The Democrats have concocted this whole phony 'war on women' narrative simply to mask their dreadful record on the economy and jobs. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
We are living in an era of such interesting new forms, and certainly narrative non-fiction has emerged as a major form. People… — Daniel Mendelsohn Copy Share Image
Documentary filmmaking has all the challenges and hardships of narrative filmmaking without any of the infrastructure or support. That's both a blessing… — Brian Lindstrom Copy Share Image
A myth is a way of making sense in a senseless world. Myths are narrative patterns that give significance to our existence. — Rollo May Copy Share Image
I think that you can treat a classic like a museum piece -stuffed and mounted- or you can make it a living,… — Peter Jackson Copy Share Image
Let's say that what's out there is a narrative. Often enough, the picture plays with the question of what actually is happening.… — Garry Winogrand Copy Share Image
And the narrative for the Taliban that they can wait us out is a flawed narrative. I think that the unambiguous international… — John R. Allen Copy Share Image
The future of narrative? Built in, part of the human template. Not going away. The future of the codex book, with pages… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
Movements have narratives. They tell stories, because they are not just about rearranging economics and politics. They also rearrange meaning. And they're… — Marshall Ganz Copy Share Image
I've had frustrated storytelling juices that have been lying dormant for a long time, and I guess the documentary was a way… — Eric Bana Copy Share Image
I have always been fascinated by the poetic condition of twilight. By its transformative quality. Its power of turning the ordinary into… — Gregory Crewdson Copy Share Image
My books, I will say one thing - they all have a driving narrative, and you have to turn the pages, and… — Elin Hilderbrand Copy Share Image
Narrative is a very feeble weapon in the face of human darkness and yet it's all we have. That we have to… — Chris Abani Copy Share Image
“You don’t want to start A Game of Thrones when you might catch fire all of a sudden. There’s something horribly unfair… — Joe Hill Copy Share Image
Those who first invented and then named the constellations were storytellers. Tracing an imaginary line between a cluster of stars gave them… — John Berger Copy Share Image
“All narrative begins for me as listening. When I read, I listen. When I write, I listen—for silence, inflection, rhythm, rest. Then… — Toni Morrison Copy Share Image
The unique, compelling, and earnest voice that characterizes Jedediah’s weekly columns comes alive with increased vitality in OUTNUMBERED. She shatters leftist stereotypes… — David Limbaugh Copy Share Image
“All men needed to hear their stories told. He was a man, but if he died without telling the story he would… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
In order for my live performance to work, which is about generating a focused energy for about an hour and a half,… — Tori Amos Copy Share Image
“The best stories proceed from a mysterious truth-seeking impulse that narrative has when revised extensively; they are complex and baffling and ambiguous;… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
Who reads short stories? one is asked, and I like to think that they are read by men and women in the… — John Cheever Copy Share Image
And yet, within her anxiety, secured there like a gemstone, she carries the cool and curious power of occasionally being able to… — Carol Shields Copy Share Image
Objects let you tell a narrative that encompasses everybody. Texts don't. — Neil MacGregor Copy Share Image
I think that through the narratives of other people you get closer to your own. — Chath Piersath Copy Share Image
“We are all born as storytellers. Our inner voice tells the first story we ever hear.” — Kamand Kojouri Copy Share Image
Even a poor translator couldn't kill a style that moves with such narrative clarity. — William Zinsser Copy Share Image
That inner narrative - the desire to understand the way I am - never really switches off. — John Grant Copy Share Image
Fundamentally there is a narrative around where innovation can come out from. — Shiva Ayyadurai Copy Share Image
