“Anyway, it's a pretty good story," I said. "You have to admit." "Yeah?" He crumpled up the Kleenex, having dispatched the solitary… — Michael Chabon Copy Share Image
“A disproportionate number of stories are love stories – and what is homosexuality but a special narrative of love?” — Christopher Bram Copy Share Image
If you do weave one-liners into a story, you have to have an overall story as well, otherwise it doesn't really count… — Tim Vine Copy Share Image
I have always been fascinated by the supernatural elements in stories, whether fairy tales, myths, film or literature. — Trudi Canavan Copy Share Image
When we read a story, we inhabit it. The covers of the book are like a roof and four walls. — John Berger Copy Share Image
Your job as a writer is to find storylines, narrative structures, and characters to show the things that you believe rather than… — Philipp Meyer Copy Share Image
Beware of self-indulgence. The romance surrounding the writing profession carries several myths: that one must suffer in order to be creative; that… — David Brin Copy Share Image
“Societies everywhere have a tendency to construct a genealogically useful past for themselves in which desirable versions of their history are favored… — Tudor Parfitt Copy Share Image
I'm not a fan of endless mystery in storytelling - I like to know where the mythology's going; I like to get… — Eric Kripke Copy Share Image
“We take creative license with the fictional narratives that become our memories. Anthologized, these are the tales that become the story of… — Danielle Ganek Copy Share Image
Sometimes I am a collector of data, and only a collector, and am likely to be gross and miserly, piling up notes,… — Charles Fort Copy Share Image
I make no distinction between writing and storytelling; I've always wanted to tell stories. — Damon Lindelof Copy Share Image
I think that storytelling and creation are very close to what the center of what magic is about. I think not just… — Alan Moore Copy Share Image
If it is written and read with serious attention, a novel, like a myth or any great work of art, can become… — Karen Armstrong Copy Share Image
I've always been interested in medicine and was pleased when my brother became a doctor. But after thinking seriously about that field,… — Lois Lowry Copy Share Image
“Jesus and institutional religion are on a collision course, and those who go with Jesus will find more adventure, freedom, and religion-bursting… — Ronnie McBrayer Copy Share Image
Here is the world of imagination, hopes, and dreams. In this timeless land of enchantment, the age of chivalry, magic and make-believe… — Walt Disney Copy Share Image
My writing has always been what you call 'narrative fiction' in the sense that it's got very strong plots and twists at… — Anthony Horowitz Copy Share Image
Look at Jane Austen. Her characters derive in a reasonably straight line from fairy tales. — Andrew Davies Copy Share Image
Letters crossing in the post, unfamiliar tunes heard three times in one day, the way that blows of fate descend upon the… — Fay Weldon Copy Share Image
The greatest tales, well told, awaken the fears and longings of the listeners. Each man hears a different story. Each is touched… — Juliet Marillier Copy Share Image
