The myth of black women profiting at the expense of black men is the oldest rap around. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There is an extraordinary power in storytelling that stirs the imagination and makes an indelible impression on the mind. — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
“Originality is a myth perpetuated by the naive, the romantic, and the unscrupulous.” — Tom Robbins Copy Share Image
Storytelling was the most honored of all talents, for it benefited everyone. — Stephenie Meyer Copy Share Image
“For those who relish speculation regarding the future, the tale of supernatural horror provides an interesting field.” — H.P. Lovecraft Copy Share Image
Human beings are storytelling animals. That's what separates us from other creatures, not just having thumbs or using tools. — Marion Dane Bauer Copy Share Image
“Myth: Being a vampire changes your life. Truth: Well, we'll just have to see, won't we?” — Kimberly Pauley Copy Share Image
A fairy tale is the kind of story in which one king goes to another king to borrow a cup of sugar — Angela Carter 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
From as far back as I can remember, I always loved the King Arthur stories, fairy tales, mythology - things like that.… — Lloyd Alexander Copy Share Image
The son has always felt like he was a footnote in one of the stories the father tells. The father is an… — Danny DeVito Copy Share Image
what storyteller is adequate to her story? The story carries us along, bottles on the tide, each with our secret mesage and… — Erica Jong Copy Share Image
The beauty myth moves for men as a mirage; its power lies in its ever-receding nature. When the gap is closed, the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I do develop characters for songs, and I think of everything as storytelling, in a way. But I don't plan out what… — Julia Holter Copy Share Image
Life is like a book.each day is a new page.may your book be your bestseller with adventures to tell,lessons to learn and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Horror is great storytelling with scary elements on top of it, but if you don't have great storytelling, you can have all… — Jason Blum Copy Share Image
Writing, to me, is like kayaking a river. You are paddling down, and you come to a walled-off canyon, and you make… — Peter Heller Copy Share Image
“All narrative begins for me as listening. When I read, I listen. When I write, I listen—for silence, inflection, rhythm, rest. Then… — Toni Morrison Copy Share Image
I've tended to find that myths of the near future give people the ability to really kind of explore the present, so… — DJ Spooky Copy Share Image
“As one of the most pervasive forms of cultural narrative in industrialized societies, commercial film serves as an extremely powerful vehicle of… — Rosemary Hennessy Copy Share Image
“The driver watched the young female figure approach within his rearview mirror, unable to discern more than superficial characteristics. As she grew… — R.J. Lawrence Copy Share Image
I grew up as a fifth-generation Jew in the American South, at the confluence of two great storytelling traditions. After graduating from… — Bruce Feiler Copy Share Image
“Later, when his desires had been satisfied, he slept in an odorous whorehouse, snoring lustily next to an insomniac tart, and dreamed.… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
“It was all the answer Rook needed. He plunged his hand into the soil, long fingers grasping down. This was no offering… — Margaret Rogerson Copy Share Image
Fairy tales cross generational lines, and how you respond to them depends on when in your life you're seeing them. — James Lapine Copy Share Image
Years of live storytelling and character acting have helped me with building vivid locations and scenes. — David Crabb Copy Share Image
A digital director shouldn't be out front, but a campaign manager's job is to set a narrative. — Brad Parscale Copy Share Image
I don't regret anything I've done. But all I have to show for it are stories. — Michael Caputo Copy Share Image
Gossip is essentially storytelling: storytelling about people whom we know. — Mona Simpson Copy Share Image
Continuing to push narratives that are progressive and that are coming from a place of love and acceptance is so important. — Kiana Madeira Copy Share Image
“A good tale evil told were better untold, and an evil take well told need none other solicitor.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The best stories are often true...The narrative of human life is most beautiful when told truthfully and without boundaries. — Shonda Rhimes Copy Share Image
“Being able to write a tale within a Tweet some would say was mighty sweet” — Neil Leckman Copy Share Image
“(...) a director should tell a story that is close to his own existential experience.” — Andrzej Wajda Copy Share Image
The nature of storytelling, since the dawn of man, has a beginning, a middle, and an end. — Matthew Gray Gubler Copy Share Image
“We are narrative creatures, and we need narrative nourishment—narrative catechisms.” — N.D. Wilson Copy Share Image
She felt as if she had strayed into a fairy tale, as full of peril as of wonder, a place where anything… — Kate Forsyth Copy Share Image
Some fairy tales end with the girl marrying the prince... some start there. — Diane von Furstenberg Copy Share Image
“Stories Jane, are magic and magic will always carry you to wonderful places, even at the worst of times.” — D.L. Alexander Copy Share Image
