“we are never more (and sometimes less) than the co-authors of our own narratives.” — Alasdair MacIntyre Copy Share Image
I'm mostly drawn to narratives that are difficult for me to visualize. — Dana Schutz Copy Share Image
If you do a sketch, that's a very short narrative. Stand-up, it's bit-to-bit, minute-long narratives. — Kumail Nanjiani Copy Share Image
Our lives are a long series of acquiring and then sloughing narratives. — Melissa Febos Copy Share Image
We are used to women's narratives being defined through the male perspective. I challenge that as a concept. — Danai Gurira Copy Share Image
Adults need more complex narratives. They have their own narratives. The main characters are themselves. — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
I think that through the narratives of other people you get closer to your own. — Chath Piersath Copy Share Image
We live in a world of competing narratives. In the end, we have to decide for ourselves which is right. And having… — Alister E. McGrath Copy Share Image
Films and television and even comic books are churning out vast quantities of fictional narratives, and the public continues to swallow them… — Paul Auster Copy Share Image
Gradually it occurred to me that we spend a great deal of life asleep and that dreams are little narratives, little stories.… — Sue Monk Kidd 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
“You are a born storyteller," said the old lady. "You had the sense to see you were caught in a story, and… — A.S. Byatt Copy Share Image
The truth is, narratives of self-justification burble beneath more of our relationships and endeavors than we would care to admit. — Tullian Tchividjian Copy Share Image
In constructing our narratives, we identify which particular events or experiences were formative or transformative. In telling our stories, we also claim… — Peg O'Connor Copy Share Image
“Understand and challenge your personal narrative. Narratives become choices and actions — which become your life.” — Bryant McGill Copy Share Image
I just want different narratives for people of color, especially women of color. I just want something that's different. I don't want… — Viola Davis 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
The religious imagery and fairytales that formed our shared cultural references have been replaced by the cult of celebrity. Marilyn is the… — Alison Jackson Copy Share Image
I don't write non-fiction because I get bored. Some of my writing is autobiographical, but not the way readers imagine. I use… — Sefi Atta Copy Share Image
I think we all are born inside of our parents' narratives. We stay there for a good while. We are taught their… — Melissa Febos Copy Share Image
It's seldom that you find great moments in television. Usually you remember - in 'Breaking Bad' or any of these other great… — Alfonso Cuaron 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
“Most of my stories are not nice ones, their heroic aspects dimmed by the fact that the hand which struck me was… — David Carr Copy Share Image
“One of the most moving narratives of modern history is the story of how men and women languishing under various forms of… — Terry Eagleton 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
“A shaman and a writer each serve as their communities’ seers by engaging in extraordinary acts of conscientious study of the past… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“Our dreams and stories may contain implicit aspects of our lives even without our awareness. In fact, storytelling may be a primary… — Daniel J. Siegel Copy Share Image
“Language allows us to represent autobiographical events in the past, present and future; we can imagine events that have not yet happened,… — Jacqui Stedmon Copy Share Image
Narratives that were taken for granted when I was a kid are still there, but they don't have the same depth and… — Charles Eisenstein Copy Share Image
We all have different narratives; all of our narratives are at different stages of development. — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
A lot of my early career, I wrote story songs that had narratives, that had plots. — Rupert Holmes Copy Share Image
One hopes that each piece contains enough space for several narratives. — Kiki Smith Copy Share Image
“We can't meaningfully proceed with healing, with restoration, without "re-story-ation".” — Robin Wall Kimmerer Copy Share Image
There's a problem with narratives. Most that spring to mind are fictional. — Howard Jacobson Copy Share Image
We breathe, we think, we conceive of our lives as narratives. — Christopher Lehmann-Haupt Copy Share Image
I love writing two narratives! I think concurrent storylines are my favorite way to write a book. — Taylor Jenkins Reid Copy Share Image
The media likes stories. We like narratives. we don't like facts. We don't like justice. — Will Cain Copy Share Image
