It is the privilege of tale-tellers to open their story in an inn, the free rendezvous of all travellers, and where the… — Walter Scott Copy Share Image
The western will always be here. And it just depends on how good you make one. And one movie doesn't kill it.… — Kevin Costner Copy Share Image
“A fact is interesting, an idea is important, but only a story, a good argument, a well-crafted narrative is amazing, never to… — Kevin Kelly Copy Share Image
“In general, the best antagonists in fiction represent the protagonist’s Shadow. By confronting and ultimately defeating the antagonist, the hero reintegrates these… — Will Raywood Copy Share Image
I don't have to think too hard to keep my writing within a certain narrative thread. That happens because certain words trigger… — Luke Temple Copy Share Image
We live entirely, especially if we are writers, by the imposition of a narrative line upon disparate images, by the 'ideas' with… — Joan Didion Copy Share Image
I think that the art of marketing, the art of promotion and the art of storytelling is definitely elevated and we have… — Tinker Hatfield Copy Share Image
“Each of us, along with our ancestors, inhabits the same cosmos. When we tell stories, we enter the stream of human consciousness;… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
A myth is a fantasy, a preferred lie, a foundational story, a hypnotic trance, an identity game, a virtual reality, one that… — Ginette Paris Copy Share Image
“It was her favorite story, that she remembers, but she would be hard-pressed to retell it now, faithfully, as it had been… — Ava Zavora Copy Share Image
“At its worst, the myth of the one savior is a lie told to the powerless. ‘Be good. Do as you’re told.… — Stina Leicht 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
“Stories, like people and butterflies and songbirds' eggs and human hearts and dreams, are also fragile things, made up of nothing stronger… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
“Deep down, Story Easton knew what would happen if she attempted to off herself—she would fail It was a matter of probability.… — Elizabeth Leiknes Copy Share Image
“...most people in the ancient world, did not make a sharp distinction between myth and reality. The two were intimately tied together… — Reza Aslan Copy Share Image
As a cultural form, database represents the world as a list of items and it refuses to order this list. In contrast,… — Lev Manovich Copy Share Image
We need storytelling from all angles. We need men, women, and trans people participating in all aspects of filmmaking; this is the… — Parvathy Copy Share Image
The word "story" is short for the word "history." They both have the same root and fundamentally mean the same thing. A… — James M. Kouzes Copy Share Image
In the end, it's about the reality. You want something that's believable in the performances; you want something that's believable in the… — Matt Czuchry Copy Share Image
Nothing endures unless it has first been transposed into a myth, and the great advantage of myths is that they are ladies… — Anais Nin Copy Share Image
“There is nothing that is not both narrative and language. Even the paradoxical physics by which the universe is held together is… — Katharine Haake Copy Share Image
“For the story that shapes a child’s universe also shapes the child—and by the child, the man thereafter. The memory of a… — Sarah Arthur Copy Share Image
I think, television and comics, what's appealing to me as a writer about both of those mediums is that they allow you… — Travis Beacham Copy Share Image
The idea that myth is the opposite of knowledge, or the opposite of truth, is simply to disallow it. It is like… — Marilynne Robinson Copy Share Image
“In a utilitarian age, of all other times, it is a matter of grave importance that fairy tales should be respected." (… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
I hope I succeed in demonstrating that you may equally find compelling and significant narratives - stories that alter or add to… — Michael Portillo Copy Share Image
“Fairy tales are about lessons. Those who are virtuous and true are rewarded, while those who are wicked and greedy are punished.” — Meagan Spooner Copy Share Image
What most interests me is human connection, whether it's on the street, in community, through music, storytelling, and shared experience. People tell… — Ben Sollee Copy Share Image
There is something particularly unique about the films of Hong Sang-soo...it's got to do with his masterful sense of storytelling... as the… — Martin Scorsese Copy Share Image
I'm a fan of books that are almost languorous in their storytelling. That is a little bit lost sometimes in the modern… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
I've always been into having stories told to me. I was a voracious reader, my father was also a teller of tales;… — Damon Lindelof Copy Share Image
I was always storytelling, since I was a child. I remember myself at 10 years old telling stories to my sisters and… — Pedro Almodovar Copy Share Image
To refrain from storytelling is perhaps one of the highest forms of respect we can pay. Those people, with no stories to… — Ben Marcus Copy Share Image
I love being part of a group who tells stories, whether it be in the theater or in cinema, and I love… — Jeremy Irons Copy Share Image
I believe that Jesus was both priest and poet. Imagine those powerful parables! My experience as a priest tells me it's not… — Uwem Akpan Copy Share Image
Guys like Samoa Joe, no matter what it's been, what promotion, every time we are in the ring there is such an… — Austin Aries Copy Share Image
It has always been something I could do, and it may seem odd that in my case I seem to create an… — Harry Mathews Copy Share Image
“It may seem odd to say that the men who made the myths disliked the irrational and had a love for facts;… — Edith Hamilton Mythology Copy Share Image
I don't want to say you should censor yourselves, but the storyteller should be able to defend why a narrative needed to… — Misha Green Copy Share Image
For me, I feel like the most important part of music is the storytelling behind it, and that's my favorite; that's what… — Kyle Copy Share Image
