First person narrative is a very effective tool but you have to know as a writer how to make it work. — James McBride Copy Share Image
“Where do you think stories come from, E'lir Kvothe? Every tale has deep roots somewhere in the world.” — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
Truly songs and tales fall utterly short of the reality, O Smaug the Chiefest and greatest of Calamities. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Account books form a narrative as engaging as any tale of sea monsters or cannibals.” — Hilary Mantel Copy Share Image
A touch of science, even bogus science, gives an edge to the superstitious tale. — V. S. Pritchett Copy Share Image
The myth is a surviving fragment of the psychic life of the infancy of the race whilst the dream is the myth… — Karl Abraham Copy Share Image
One hopes that each piece contains enough space for several narratives. — Kiki Smith Copy Share Image
But are not the dreams of poets and the tales of travellers notoriously false? — H. P. Lovecraft Copy Share Image
That film, I mean "The shining" got me thinking about the way of telling stories and how effective it can be and… — Freya Mavor Copy Share Image
“That is not necessarily bad … but it is limiting. The glory of a good tale is that it is limitless and fluid; a… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
“This wasn’t supposed to be how our story went. In fairy tales, the prince saved the girl. In mine, the princess destroyed… — Rachel E. Carter Copy Share Image
You've got to trust your instincts, your judgment and trust the storytelling that came before and the quality of the acting with… — Jean-Marc Vallee Copy Share Image
I enjoy storytelling. I like to write it, I like to direct it, I like to act in it, I like to… — Bryan Cranston Copy Share Image
What the myths say, is that you have to be the hero of your own life. You're the one who has to… — Jeanette Winterson Copy Share Image
“If a story is not about the hearer he [or she] will not listen . . . A great lasting story is… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
Through dreams a door is opened to mythology, since myths are of the nature of dreams, and that, as dreams arise from… — Joseph Campbell Copy Share Image
A Crime So Monstrous is a remarkably brave and unflinching piece of reportage and storytelling. Ben Skinner bears witness, sharing stories so… — Alex Kotlowitz Copy Share Image
“Nothing moves forward in a story except through conflict. Writers who cannot grasp this truth, the truth of conflict, writers who have… — Robert McKee Copy Share Image
A part of what makes myths live is their multiplicity, the way different voices retell them in every generation. Homer survives because… — Madeline Miller Copy Share Image
When there is this giant narrative, when there is a singular story out there like there is right now about the Russians… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
“In stories, when someone behaves uncharacteristically, we take it as a meaningful, even pivotal moment. If we are surprised again and again,… — Amy Bloom Copy Share Image
“Each word was shaped with certainty, and I felt, more strongly than ever before in my life, that I had at last… — Kate Forsyth Copy Share Image
Recasting fairy tales has become a publishing sub-genre in itself, and has been done both well and to the point of entropy.… — Graham Joyce Copy Share Image
We've become used to processing images that are part of the non-linear narrative theory. I think there's a thinner line between fantasy… — Irvine Welsh Copy Share Image
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