“My life is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury. It means nothing.” — David Hewson Copy Share Image
“I think that a writer should observe the real world before imagining a non-existent one.” — Jhumpa Lahiri Copy Share Image
“This is what really happens when fairy tales exist. There is nothing magical or enchanting about it, my dear.” — RJ Gonzales Copy Share Image
The thing that I took away as an early fan from Bob Dylan was the storytelling aspects. He can tell some wicked… — Ed Sheeran Copy Share Image
“Magicians and Mentalist predict the future because they create it.” — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
Stories are medicine. They have such power; they do not require that we do, be, act anything - we need only listen. — Clarissa Pinkola Estes Copy Share Image
I know what the narrative is on me. It's because I come from money and I have a swagger and confidence about… — Austin Rivers Copy Share Image
Narrative prose is a legal wife, while drama is a posturing, boisterous, cheeky and wearisome mistress. — Anton Chekhov Copy Share Image
“It's the kind of story that people tell. There are monsters in this world, to be sure, but there are a sight… — Gerald Morris Copy Share Image
...What happens is of little significance compared with the stories we tell ourselves about what happens. Events matter little, only stories of… — Rabih Alameddine Copy Share Image
I love creating individual short stories within chapters, but I want to get better at building consistent narratives from start to finish. — David Crabb Copy Share Image
A myth is an old lie that people believe in. White people believe that they're better than anyone else on earth -… — Ernest Gaines Copy Share Image
But short films are not inferior, just different. I think the short gives a freedom to film-makers. What's appealing is that you… — Jane Campion Copy Share Image
Film and television are major vehicles for American storytelling, and America is the biggest exporter and influencer in the world in terms… — Tamlyn Tomita Copy Share Image
“Half an hour later, as I was deeply immersed in the story of The Man of the Hill, that curious, lengthy digression… — Jonathan Coe Copy Share Image
“All good writing is persuasive writing; persuading the reader to buy what you're selling, to side with you, to believe the tales… — Ramsey Isler Copy Share Image
“My, you ought to seen old Henry the Eight when he was in bloom. He WAS a blossom. He used to marry… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
“Rather than a plausible explanation for how we got to be the way we are, the standard narrative is exposed as contemporary… — Cacilda Jethá Copy Share Image
What does it matter, if we tell the same old stories? ...Stories tell us who we are. What we’re capable of. When… — Kameron Hurley Copy Share Image
While historians may go on attempting grand, sweeping and defining narratives, they work in a time when readers know that another narrative… — Colm Toibin Copy Share Image
“One of the most moving narratives of modern history is the story of how men and women languishing under various forms of… — Terry Eagleton Copy Share Image
True myths may serve for thousands of years as an inexhaustible source of intellectual speculation, religious joy, ethical inquiry, and artistic renewal.… — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
If I have something I want to say that is too difficult for adults to swallow, then I write it in a… — Madeleine L'Engle Copy Share Image
Rumors and reports of man's relation with animals are the world's oldest news stories, headlined in the stars of the zodiac, posted… — Lewis H. Lapham Copy Share Image
