“She reminded me that I could write stories,/ could be struck by lightning & live.” — Jen Currin Copy Share Image
“We write because we need somewhere for the stories in our heads to live.” — Dana George Copy Share Image
Biblical myth is as integral to the spirit of the South as the heat and humidity. — Jesmyn Ward Copy Share Image
For me, it's just always about trying to tell stories that I care about. — Rachel Morrison Copy Share Image
The novel is a prose narrative of some length that has something wrong with it. — Randall Jarrell Copy Share Image
“They say, dead men tell no tale, and yet, we live our lives based on dead men's tale.” — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
I'm drawn to characters who bear similarities to the protagonists in myths and legends. (...) — Alan Lee Copy Share Image
Rule of storytelling: When a character is shoved against a wall, shove them against a wall harder. — Aaron Sorkin 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
Probably every subject is interesting if an avenue into it can be found that has humanity and that an ordinary person can… — William Zinsser 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
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
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
Imagination is more important than knowledge, myth more than history and dreams more than facts. Hope always triumphs over experience and that… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“-Dream up something wild and improbable. Something beautiful and full of monsters. -Beautiful and full of monsters? -All the best stories are.” — Laini Taylor Copy Share Image
The dogma of woman's complete historical subjection to men must be rated as one of the most fantastic myths ever created by… — Mary Ritter Beard Copy Share Image
“As I thought about endings and – being a lover of fairy tales – I knew immediately that the deeply rooted last… — Jane Yolen Copy Share Image
I read a lot - surveys of vernacular music. A lot of it is the Harry Smith Anthology of American Folk Music,… — Bradford Cox Copy Share Image
One of the things that's really fun to tap in with television right now is this sort of explosion, the peak TV… — Jonathan Nolan Copy Share Image
I would rather not write if I'm depressed, or am going through a breakup, or I've had some disappointment, or I'm having… — Mandy Stadtmiller Copy Share Image
“Storytelling, independent of literary rules and grammar conventions, is the ability to build, play, experiment, sculpt, weave with words, sounds, texture and… — Malebo Sephodi Copy Share Image
Those so-called records in the Bible were written by devout ecclesiasts who wanted to believe, and wanted others to believe, in the… — Madalyn Murray O'Hair Copy Share Image
“My eyes wandered over the wall of pines circling the water. A short walk through these woods can yield tales as ancient… — Bryan Wiggins Copy Share Image
I think that's why it's difficult for women when they watch TV and we see one version of a woman who is… — Tatiana Maslany Copy Share Image
