I grew up in Sierra Leone, in a small village where as a boy my imagination was sparked by the oral tradition… — Ishmael Beah Copy Share Image
“In one of these tales, ‘The Ascetic’, the title character tells his interlocutor that paradises and nirvanas are ‘illusions inside other illusions.… — Fernando Pessoa Copy Share Image
All great literary works influence us as writers, not their stories as much as their storytelling ability. — Michael Scott Copy Share Image
We live in our tales of ourselves, she thought, and ignore as best we can the contradictions, and the lapses, and the… — Gregory Maguire Copy Share Image
“Healing stories are magickal tales born from personal tribulation and victory, which are then shared.” — S. Kelley Harrell Copy Share Image
“Her favorite stepping-aside technique was to lay out a dizzying mountain of complex steps and then pronounce the conclusion self-evident. Excuse me?… — Charlotte Beers Copy Share Image
“There are some stories that you don't tell aloud, that you make up and tell silently to yourself.” — Susan Fletcher Copy Share Image
We need images and myths through which we can see who we are and what we might become. — Christine Downing Copy Share Image
“No wonder that the ghost and goblin stories had a new zest. No wonder that the blood of the more timid grew… — John Berwick Harwood Copy Share Image
“Each song had a story to tell, each song was a small, but significant tale.” — Lindy Zart Copy Share Image
“And fairy tales are make-believe. They are the stories we tell to small children to make them believe the world is a… — J.L. Vallance Copy Share Image
That's just me wanting that supernatural tool to tell a story and also not wanting to be restricted by reality, with how… — Bryan Fuller Copy Share Image
“We can't meaningfully proceed with healing, with restoration, without "re-story-ation".” — Robin Wall Kimmerer Copy Share Image
I'm trying to make perfect moments. And those generate meaning. If you go deep enough in how to make a moment, very… — Ira Glass Copy Share Image
Fairy tales, because they have a very clear structure, are easier to interfere with. Also they have this really weird logic: the… — Helen Oyeyemi Copy Share Image
“For one last second, I saw them again the way I had that evening: a golden apparition on the front steps, shining… — Tana French Copy Share Image
Perhaps fiction has, for me, served a similar purpose--what is a narrative arc if not the imposition of order on disparate events?--and… — Curtis Sittenfeld Copy Share Image
The most fascinating thing for me is that 'Peter Pan' is a fairy tale, but now, this Filipino kid is a part… — Dante Basco Copy Share Image
The right sort of gossip is a charming and stimulating thing. The Odyssey itself is simply glorious gossip, and the same may… — J. E. Buckrose Copy Share Image
“Literature supplements the lives of people and enables us to feel connected with the world. Shared stories blunt a sense of tragic… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
I will always pay tribute to, honor, uplift and be a part of Black storytelling, but I need to infiltrate and get… — Da'Vine Joy Randolph Copy Share Image
“...you’d be amazed at the grand tales the human brain will throw up to make sense of something nonsensical.” — Dianna Hardy Copy Share Image
“But certainly the two best-known tales in the neighborhood - the key hauntings, if you will - concern the Red Room and… — Jonathan Stroud Copy Share Image
