Having achieved and accomplished love, then the man passes into the unknown. He has become himself, his tale is told. — D. H. Lawrence Copy Share Image
“And please, stay away from those books you devour. They are putting the most fantastical tales into your head.” — Libba Bray Copy Share Image
“...Myths aren’t fairy tales or legends—they’re an honest attempt to explain mysteries...” — John Geddes Copy Share Image
The Tories, every election, must have a bogy man. If you haven't got a programme, a bogy man will do. — Aneurin Bevan Copy Share Image
I had a story-telling mother; she's written novels and short stories. So I feel like maybe I'm staying alive by telling tales. — Ayshay Copy Share Image
“A story is a really weird art object that should contain life but not be enslaved by the banality.” — George Saunders Copy Share Image
“A fairy tale becomes one dream of a reality when a tale has been told by a poet in a dream.” — Petra Hermans Copy Share Image
Believing in fate has probably always arisen in part because of the delights and terrors of storytelling. We have to realize--to learn--that… — Margaret Visser Copy Share Image
“It is the storyteller, the dream-maker, the myth-maker, that is our phoenix, that represents us at our best, and at our most… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
So I like to try to go back and develop pure visual storytelling. Because to me, it's one of the most exciting… — Brian De Palma Copy Share Image
When it comes to storytelling, not taking risks is riskier than swinging for the fences. I have very simple ambitions when it… — David Nevins Copy Share Image
What I am used to is 'Gali Guleiyan,' and people talking about my performances, what new I have tried in terms of… — Manoj Bajpayee Copy Share Image
All myth is an enriched pattern, a two-faced proposition, allowing its operator to say one thing and mean another, to lead a… — Anne Carson Copy Share Image
My goal is to write stories that are connected, but not sequels in any meaningful sense. Like Howard's Conan tales or Leiber's… — Paul S. Kemp Copy Share Image
“After all, in fairy tales, there was only one thing to do. In every story with a long sleep and a waking… — Catherynne M. Valente Copy Share Image
“A short story is not a portrayal of life. When life becomes disconsolate and the fear for the unknown seeps through the… — Anu Lal Copy Share Image
Storytelling is more like a skin. You start with the outermost layer, what it's going to look like, then you kind of… — Charlie Jane Anders Copy Share Image
“In older myths, the dark road leads downward into the Underworld, where Persephone is carried off by Hades, much against her will,… — Terri Windling Copy Share Image
“The worst of such stories is that the triumphant romancers can always be put to confusion and crushed by the very details… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“It has generally been assumed that fairy tales were first created for children and are largely the domain of children. But nothing… — Jack Zipes Copy Share Image
We like layers of character and personality in our storytelling. We like very distinctive, unique personalities interacting with each other. And I… — Joe Russo Copy Share Image
“News organizations are coy about admitting that what they present us with each day are minuscule extracts of narratives whose true shape… — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
“Of course that is not the whole story, but that is the way with stories; we make them what we will. It’s… — Jeanette Winterson Copy Share Image
“...but there are stories that cannot begin at their beginning, and perhaps this is one of them.” — Félix J. Palma Copy Share Image
I think dreams can come true, but not necessarily like fairy-tales. It's not always so perfect like that. — Patrick Dempsey Copy Share Image
I think photography is a universal language as far as storytelling goes, and I think that's what it's most successful at. — Mary Mattingly Copy Share Image
“Writing nonfiction means I tell people's stories for them, not because they're special but because we all are.” — Jo Deurbrouck Copy Share Image
What I'm passionate about is telling stories which mean something to me. — Marc Forster Copy Share Image
Somewhere along the way one discovers that what one has to tell is not nearly so important as the telling itself. — Henry Miller Copy Share Image
Anyone at any age is able to tell the story of his or her life with authority. — E. L. Doctorow Copy Share Image
I'm not really a storyteller myself - I tend to get all tangled up when I try and tell stories. — Daniel Day-Lewis Copy Share Image
Life is a story told, a story told is a story heard, make yours an unforgettable tale. — Copyright © 2002 John Udemba Copy Share Image
“The saddest thing of growing up is people no longer believe in fairy tales.” — Cao Đức Trọng Copy Share Image
The only one I have any trust in is storytelling - there's a couple I have a lot of trust in. — Michael Pollan Copy Share Image
People remember stories much better than they remember a straight list of teachings. — Marcus Borg Copy Share Image