Some part of me knew from the first that what I wanted was not reality but myth. — Stephen King Copy Share Image
If there were such things as happily ever after, we wouldn't need fairy tales. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
History is not a nightmare from which. I am trying to awaken, but rather, a glorious tale which I wish to be… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Visual storytelling utilizes both language and art to pass on the essence of who we are. — Debbie Millman Copy Share Image
I think every beautiful tale in the world hides the truth and reveals it little by little. — Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu 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
“The tales we tell ourselves about ourselves make us who we are.” — Megan McCafferty Copy Share Image
I will tell you something about stories . . . They aren't just entertainment. Don't be fooled. They are all we have,… — Leslie Marmon Silko Copy Share Image
It's what people have always done. They have always told stories, put on plays. It's characters and narrative and thought and context… — Ken Loach Copy Share Image
The story of the African-American people is the story of the settlement and growth of America itself, a universal tale that all… — Henry Louis Gates Copy Share Image
We have, as human beings, a storytelling problem. We're a bit too quick to come up with explanations for things we don't… — Malcolm Gladwell Copy Share Image
The storytelling in a movie is in the cut; it's in the edit. It's not an actor's job, really. Your job is… — Kerry Bishe Copy Share Image
Over the years, myths were built up about my relationship with Fred Astaire. The general public thought he was a Svengali, who… — Ginger Rogers Copy Share Image
Part of what makes me love acting so much is, I love the mystery of the universe and the human experience, and… — Mariana Klaveno Copy Share Image
Plots are artificial. Does your life have a plot? It has characters. There is a narrative. There's a lot of story, a… — Richard Linklater Copy Share Image
“How did it begin?' Miss Cotton asked. When?' they replied. In the beginning,' Aunt Velma said. Wid tears,' they assured her. Wid… — Opal Palmer Adisa Copy Share Image
“Bound souls. He had always thought the stories of men and women bound throughout all eternity by the strength of passion, either… — Ann Marston Copy Share Image
Fairy tales begin with conflict because we all begin our lives with conflict. We are all misfit for the world, and somehow… — Jack Zipes Copy Share Image
There are certain scenes, certain hills and valleys and groves of pines which demand that a story shall be written about them.… — Arthur Machen Copy Share Image
I love the whole kind of notion of transformation for me is (what) excites me about not only acting, but storytelling. I… — Andy Serkis Copy Share Image
“The story of what it means to be human is never complete. Every generation will produce its own share of comedies and… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“Simon?” “Yeah?” “Can you tell me a story?” He blinked. “What kind of story?” “Something where the good guys win and the… — Cassandra Clare 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
The more real things get, the more like myths they become. — Rainer Werner Fassbinder Copy Share Image
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