“Deeper meaning resides in the fairy tales told me in my childhood than any truth that is taught in life.” — Johann Schiller Copy Share Image
“Myths may not satisfy the demands of rationality or science, but they contain profound wisdom - provided one believes they do and… — Devdutt Pattanaik Copy Share Image
One can discern a few very general myths that facilitate the birth of further myths: that everything is possible; that whatever we… — Mario Bunge Copy Share Image
Once upon a time, Right in the middle of an ordinary life.... Love gives you a fairy tale. — Ryaj Ablando-Catayas Copy Share Image
Historical facts are the vital framework around which non-fiction writers construct their narratives; they are, quite simply, indispensable. — Saul David Copy Share Image
In the fall of 1989, I was writing 600-word columns at the 'Herald.' My heart always was in long-form narrative writing, though.… — Charlie Pierce Copy Share Image
I like storytelling movies and more than that I like historical movies; and I think someday I'll definitely make a movie about… — Asghar Farhadi Copy Share Image
The inherent non-linearity of the digital allows for more input from others, including the subject and reader as collaborators. The top-down, bedtime-style… — Fred Ritchin Copy Share Image
“Don't think about the writing process too much. Just do one thing: tell the motherfucking story.” — Don Roff Copy Share Image
“This is the squalid, or moving, part of the story, and the scene changes. The people change, too. I'm still around, but… — J.D. Salinger Copy Share Image
“I’ve never liked urban myths. I’ve never liked pretending to believe in them; never understood why everyone else doesn’t see straight through… — Mikey Campling Copy Share Image
I'm often associated with parallel narratives or dual narratives. The 'Devil in the White City' was a fluke. — Erik Larson Copy Share Image
Do you believe in fairy tales?" "What...what kind of fairy tales?" "The kind you aren't supposed to waste your life on. — Richelle Mead Copy Share Image
Pretty much anything you care to imagine can happen in a fantasy, which in turn means you can really crank up the… — Richard K. Morgan Copy Share Image
“Beneath the notebook she found the book of fairy tales. The cover was green cardboard, the writing gold: 'Magical Tales for Girls… — Kate Morton Copy Share Image
Broken stories can be healed. Diseased stories can be replaced by healthy ones. We are free to change the stories by which… — Daniel Taylor Copy Share Image
Storytelling has driven faith and religious practice, keeping them alive for millennia. Just as every hymn, icon, and stained-glass window in a… — Martin Lindstrom Copy Share Image
“The joy of nonfiction is searching for balance between storytelling and reporting, finding a way to be both loquacious and observant.” — Peter Hessler Copy Share Image
The job of a storyteller is to speak the truth. But what we feel most deeply can’t be spoken in words alone.… — Alan Garner Copy Share Image
I could tell you stories-if only stories could tell what I have in me to tell. — Patricia Hampl Copy Share Image
[Some people think] that storytelling is telling jokes. So they have to be discouraged! Then others think that storytelling-is like an encounter… — Doris Lessing Copy Share Image
Our own genomes carry the story of evolution, written in DNA, the language of molecular genetics, and the narrative is unmistakable. — Kenneth R. Miller Copy Share Image
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