The study of folklore is largely the study of particular folklore genres: myth, folktale, legend, ballad, proverb, riddle, superstition, etc. — Alan Dundes Copy Share Image
Because of all the concurrent stories going in 24 and its fast pace, it can be complicated in terms of the story,… — Stephen Hopkins Copy Share Image
Storytelling is as old as speech. It existed before humans first began to carve shapes in stones and press their hands upon… — Kate Forsyth Copy Share Image
I don't think you ever outgrow your love for things that are bigger than life and more colorful than the average life.… — Stan Lee Copy Share Image
No myth dies harder, and none is more regularly debunked by the facts, than the one about international sports contributing to international… — Alistair Cooke Copy Share Image
Woodrell's storytelling is as melodic, jangly and energetic as a good banjo riff… Sammy Barlach's story is a tragedy, but the telling… — Valerie Sayers Copy Share Image
We use technology in service of the art, as a storytelling tool - and if we want to do something that's never… — Travis Knight Copy Share Image
“A Shadow's Tale - I'm going to keep calling it A Shadow's Tale because fuck America for wanting to be different and… — Yahtzee Croshaw Copy Share Image
“Stories help you understand your life, she’d say. Stories can heal. And I think she’s right, because why do old guys back… — Deb Caletti Copy Share Image
“When many story-tellers occupy themselves with a social world which offers no great variety of lively action, their stories will probably resemble… — Mary Lascelles Copy Share Image
People knew there were two ways of coming at truth. One was science, or what the Greeks called Logos, reason, logic. And… — Karen Armstrong Copy Share Image
There are so many different narrative traditions across the world, and each of those traditions has evolved dramatically over time. Once I… — Ken Liu Copy Share Image
Having certain limits - not too many, but certain limits on an ability to tell a story - makes us work harder,… — Vince Gilligan Copy Share Image
“Once, several years ago, I was looking around for something and moved a piece of furniture only to behold behind it a… — Eve O. Schaub Copy Share Image
The protagonist of Fourteen Stories, None of Them Are Yours doesn’t make it easy for us, channeling as he does Barry Hannah… — Jim Shepard Copy Share Image
“The drinking dens are spilling out There's staggering in the square There's lads and lasses falling about And a crackling in the… — Mark Knopfler Copy Share Image
I'd love to take a stab at writing videogames. There are a lot of storytelling opportunities that really aren't being taken advantage… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
Not all Peter Greenaway's stuff is sequential, narrative story. Some of it is like an art installation and I'm not particularly interested… — Martin Freeman Copy Share Image
Storytelling is storytelling. You still play by the same narrative rules. The technology is completely different. I don't use one piece of… — James Cameron Copy Share Image
A short film is just another storytelling medium like TV, Features, and Webisodes. I am just thrilled that 'Silent Cargo' is getting… — Ellen Wong Copy Share Image
“Writing is something you do alone. Its a profession for introverts who want to tell you a story but don't want to… — John Green Copy Share Image
THE HEIR OF NIGHT by Helen Lowe is a richly told tale of strange magic, dark treachery and conflicting loyalties, set in… — Robin Hobb Copy Share Image
“There were good places and bad places to tell stories and there were of course stories that could not be told in… — Gerald Hausman Copy Share Image
From earliest times, humans - explorers and thinkers - have wanted to figure out the shape of their world. Forever, the way… — Adam Savage Copy Share Image
We need time to relax and enjoy ourselves too, no matter how dark the story. The occasional humorous moment helps with that.… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
I stick closely to the structure of the myths. I may have some fun with the mythology by changing the environment to… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
My parents were working performers, so obviously I saw that there wasn't a lot of fairy tale going on there. It was… — Megan Follows Copy Share Image
The problem is I want to do everything. I really love all of it, and I love every aspect of movie-making and… — Joss Whedon Copy Share Image
“This is called the theory of narrative causality and it means that a story, once started, takes a shape. It picks up… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
I tend to write longer narrative pieces after I've finished writing a novel - when the fiction's finished and put away, and… — Dinaw Mengestu Copy Share Image
…everything has a narrative, really, and if you can’t understand a story and relate to it, figure out how you fit inside… — Catherynne M. Valente Copy Share Image
'Tis an old tale, and often told; But did my fate and wish agree, Ne'er had been read, in story old, Of… — Walter Scott Copy Share Image
A curious thing about atrocity stories is that they mirror, instead of the events they purport to describe, the extent of the… — John Dos Passos Copy Share Image
“Persons attempting to find a motive in this narrative will be prosecuted; persons attempting to find a moral in it will be… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
A myth... is a metaphor for a mystery beyond human comprehension. It is a comparison that helps us understand, by analogy, some… — Christopher Vogler Copy Share Image
I liked lots of 'Doctor Who' books, but my favourite tale was a spooky story about two invalid children - who've never… — Stephen Cole Copy Share Image
Seldom does a storytelling talent come along as potent and fully mature as Mike Brotherton. His complex characters take you on a… — David Brin Copy Share Image
I think what I have started to acknowledge is how integral storytelling plays a part in how humanity sees themselves. That means… — Naomi Ackie Copy Share Image
The narrative constructs the identity of the character, what can be called his or her narrative identity, in constructing that of the… — Paul Ricoeur Copy Share Image
His heart danced upon her movements like a cork upon a tide. He heard what her eyes said to him from beneath… — James Joyce Copy Share Image
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