We talked to a lot of filmmakers who had worked on other anthologies and we looked at every anthology, and we wanted… — Mike Mendez Copy Share Image
“All fairy tales, Tolkien argued, echo the gospel of Jesus Christ in some way because the gospel is the True Story; it’s… — Sarah Arthur Copy Share Image
“People who don’t construe their life and don’t frame their own tale, stay on the sidelines, remain only an act without a… — Erik Pevernagie Copy Share Image
I think there's a great storytelling tradition in the restaurant business that tends to attract people with an oral tradition of bulls… — Anthony Bourdain Copy Share Image
I was always very interested in the storytelling decisions that went into directing. It just held this real allure for me. You… — Fred Savage Copy Share Image
“They teach us that human beings learn and absorb ideas and concepts through narrative, through stories, not through lessons or theoretical speeches.… — Carlos Ruiz Zafón Copy Share Image
As it unfolded, the structure of the story began to remind me of one of those Russian dolls that contain innumerable ever-smaller… — Carlos Ruiz Zafon Copy Share Image
“Unlike uplifting light fiction, narrative nonfiction’s trammeled territory provides no safe room where an unnerved writer can banish their unpleasant memories. Narrative… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“Sometimes, reading to my children at night, the perverse thought would come to me that in rehashing for them the same fairy… — Nicole Krauss Copy Share Image
“Which story do you want to hear my child?"he picked him up and made him sit on his lap. "Tell us the… — Chitralekha Paul Copy Share Image
I got the script of Imperial Dreams from my agent. I was at home having a full English breakfast and the email… — John Boyega Copy Share Image
“Although social relationships may be crippled by acrimonious minefields, manipulative psychological gambits or mysterious undercurrent power games, a number of social tell-tale… — Erik Pevernagie Copy Share Image
I always find time to read novels and poetry as well as scripts; I like to enjoy different kinds of storytelling. I… — Rose McIver Copy Share Image
Lifelong wrestling fans who are discovering NXT and being like, 'Wait, this is the kind of wrestling I used to like,' or,… — Sami Zayn Copy Share Image
“I believe that we need good tale-tellers now, as much as we did when the oral tradition was the only way that… — Alan Lee Copy Share Image
I guess the wildcard here is Terrence Malick. He supervised me while I was writing the script for Beautiful Country, and he… — Sabina Murray Copy Share Image
My child, you have a flawed grasp of the nature of myth-making. I am a poet and storyteller, a creator of ballads… — Frances Hardinge Copy Share Image
Christian apologists who argue that a story about an empty tomb is convincing evidence of a resurrected body are likely unfamiliar with… — David G. McAfee Copy Share Image
“I have quite a story to tell you,” Parke said with a dramatic flair. “Sit back with that ‘coke’ and listen to… — Derek Hart Copy Share Image
Our life always expresses the result of our dominant thoughts. It is an adventure, a storybook with each chapter a new tale.… — Allie McLaughlin Copy Share Image
“Man seeks to escape himself in myth, and does so by any means at his disposal… unnable to withdraw into himself, he… — Jean Cocteau Copy Share Image
“tale is thus both instructive and cautionary, filled with lessons about innovation, character, leadership, and values. Shakespeare’s Henry V—the story of a… — Walter Isaacson Copy Share Image
“There are many narratives from documented histories that are based on real events, of course, but they were fantastically embellished by the… — Leah Reise Copy Share Image
Storytelling is the oldest form of entertainment there is. From campfires and pictograms - the Lascaux cave paintings may be as much… — Maria Konnikova Copy Share Image
It wasn't long after I began writing Star Wars that I realized the story was more than a single film could hold.… — George Lucas Copy Share Image
Digging up new information and speculating on it isn't your primary purpose when you're writing a biography intended for young readers, unless… — Russell Freedman Copy Share Image
“Iff replied that the Plentimaw Fishes were what he called 'hunger artists' — 'Because when they are hungry they swallow stories through… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
“Fantasy elevates ordinary and eternal problems of young people into stories via the language of myth. It turns “No one really knows… — Erin Bow 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
The Tale Of Love On my fading day, I may Sneak in, to throw a tale Of, what words cannot touch, And… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
You know, I didn't write my books for critics and scholars. I wrote them for students and artists. When I hear how… — Joseph Campbell Copy Share Image
“This got me thinking about endings and how the final moments of a story can color our entire perception of a narrative.… — Crystal Cestari Copy Share Image
If you're writing a book where you want to make a positive truth claim, then you should absolutely call it nonfiction or… — Elif Batuman Copy Share Image
“You may have come to advocacy on your own, it may be part of your job or you may have been asked… — John Capecci and Timothy Cage Copy Share Image
The idea of suggesting that Hannibal Lecter - in the book, he has a sixth finger and red eyes, and so there… — Bryan Fuller Copy Share Image
The thing that always interests me from a storytelling point of view is how that moment of trauma, whatever the trauma is,… — Steven Bochco Copy Share Image
“As the video game designer and writer James Wallis puts it, “Human beings like stories. Our brains have a natural affinity not… — Jonathan Gottschall Copy Share Image
We like layers of character and personality in our storytelling. We like very distinctive, unique personalities interacting with each other. And I… — Joe Russo Copy Share Image
“News organizations are coy about admitting that what they present us with each day are minuscule extracts of narratives whose true shape… — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
Storytelling is more like a skin. You start with the outermost layer, what it's going to look like, then you kind of… — Charlie Jane Anders Copy Share Image
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