It turns up the heat under a narrative when you limit the characters in their movements or their freedoms. — Emma Donoghue Copy Share Image
In narrative films, you set up reality, so you can limit the variables. You don't have that luxury with docs. — Adrian Grenier Copy Share Image
“His story remains behind, echoing inside me, a tale of impossible choices.” — Cody McFadyen Copy Share Image
I have suggested that behind almost all myth lies the mono-plot of the game of hide-and-seek. — Alan Watts Copy Share Image
Children are natural mythologists: they beg to be told tales, and love not only to invent but to enact falsehoods. — George Santayana Copy Share Image
Most of my films have been documentaries, but I'm also very interested in narrative filmmaking. — Barbara Kopple Copy Share Image
“To paraphrase Muggeridge: Everything is a parable that God is speaking to us, the art of life is to get the message.” — Chester Elijiah Branch Copy Share Image
Life is not a fairly tale and it worse when people expect so much from you. — Dave Mahamooi Copy Share Image
I think 'Ms. Marvel' always understood fan culture on such a cellular level and it just really elevated the storytelling in a… — Iman Vellani Copy Share Image
Second, this epic tale allows the audience to actually listen to the Native Americans and receive their wisdom. Spielberg conveys the respect… — Beau Bridges Copy Share Image
“A finished tale may give a man immortality in the light and literary sense; but an unfinished tale suggests another immortality, more… — G.K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
You must learn to know the difference between tales and the truth, my Liza, she would say. Fairy tales have a habit… — Kate Morton Copy Share Image
'Journey' was very much inspired by Joseph Campbell's work for 'The Hero's Journey,' but, from among his works, I like 'The Power… — Jenova Chen Copy Share Image
I work for ABC. If the thing that ABC is paying me for is storytelling - not to make sure that a… — Shonda Rhimes Copy Share Image
The Tale of Despereaux came at the request of Luke, my friend's then-eight-year-old son, who asked, "Write for me the story of… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
Myths hook and bind the mind because at the same time they set the mind free: they explain the universe while allowing… — Jeanette Winterson Copy Share Image
The value of the myth is that it takes all the things we know and restores to them the rich significance which… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“As a rule the tales which get abroad in the world are false. . . . People always exaggerate things. More so,… — Yoshida Kenko Copy Share Image
My early stories revolved around reality and faith. I wrote a series of stories about the darker aspects of Christian myth: a… — Karin Tidbeck Copy Share Image
“I think I was actually channelling my grandfather,’ she admitted. ‘He lived right out in the woods in this little cottage and… — Emma Jackson Copy Share Image
“To the secular arm, therefore, be delivered any and every book which, catering for the youngsters, throttles the life of the old… — Edward Clodd Copy Share Image
I think acting came later in life when I went to college. I started out there. I wasn't a big star in… — Rachel Weisz Copy Share Image
“And when all was done and all was said, we sat silently staring at the moon's reflection on the rippling river, soaking… — Alys Arden Copy Share Image
“I spoke of the tragic illusion of perpetuity, but, no, my friends, it is a comic one. The ludicrous plot in which… — Robert Coover Copy Share Image
