And I don't mean that the storytelling that's out there shouldn't be happening. I just feel like that there's this huge imbalance… — Michael Landon, Jr Copy Share Image
“A fairy tale with a twisted ending, one in which the sun sets like napalm on the prince and princess as they… — Laura Kasischke Copy Share Image
This is not a story of heroic feats, or merely the narrative of a cynic; at least I do not mean it… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Whether one likes it or not, the screen is a profoundly important source of imagery and storytelling for this generation. For me,… — Graeme Base Copy Share Image
'The Last Of Us,' to me, is just amazing storytelling, because everything's from the character point of view, which even movies don't… — Felicia Day Copy Share Image
“Myth is the isthmus which connects the peninsular world of thought with that vast continent we really belong to. It is not,… — C.S. Lewis Copy Share Image
My inspiration is my life, what I see happening around me. It can be history and, quite often, plain traditional fairy tales.… — Michel Ocelot Copy Share Image
(Propaganda) proceeds by psychological manipulations, character modifications, by creation of stereotypes useful when the time comes - The two great routes that… — Jacques Ellul Copy Share Image
The point of mythology or myth is to point to the horizon and to point back to ourselves: This is who we… — J. Michael Straczynski Copy Share Image
I see the carpet reflecting that narratological structure of the storytelling, with Scheherazade as the outside frame story on the outside, with… — Marina Warner Copy Share Image
“A hakawati is a teller of tales, myths, and fables. A storyteller, and entertainer. A troubadour of sorts, someone who earns his… — Rabih Alameddine Copy Share Image
“I have always been a teller of stories. When I was a young girl, my mother carried me out of a grocery… — Carmen Maria Machado Copy Share Image
In history, one gathers clues like a detective, tries to present an honest account of what most likely happened, and writes a… — Victor Davis Hanson Copy Share Image
Legal ethics is a misnomer ... lawyers conducting themselves legally are not necessarily conducting themselves morally ."...and ..."The zero sum nature of… — Thane Rosenbaum Copy Share Image
“J. R. R. Tolkien, the near-universally-hailed father of modern epic fantasy, crafted his magnum opus The Lord of the Rings to explore… — N.K. Jemisin Copy Share Image
If one loves stories, then one would naturally love the story of the story. Or the story behind the story, pick your… — Lorrie Moore Copy Share Image
My father leaving the family shaped who I was and how I looked at the world. By the same token, my father… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
“Truly, there is magic in fairy tales. For it takes but a simply-uttered 'Once upon a time...' to allure and spellbind an… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
I think in some ways, you end up with more interesting storytelling with series, because if you've written yourself into a corner… — Sarah Pinborough Copy Share Image
I've always really been interested in the Pygmalion myth and both what it has to say about creativity and what it has… — Zoe Kazan Copy Share Image
My writing has always been what you call 'narrative fiction' in the sense that it's got very strong plots and twists at… — Anthony Horowitz Copy Share Image
There was a hidden narrative I felt we could get into, It's about an accessible world. Family and relationships are accessible subjects. — John Madden Copy Share Image
We like long-form narrative journalism, and we feel there aren't enough high-profile outlets in Canada running the kind of stories we want… — Lynn Coady Copy Share Image
I knew I wanted to be a part of storytelling. I knew that going to see movies and plays, I wanted to… — Fred Hechinger Copy Share Image
Honestly, I don't try to guess at what most people want. I don't think I'd guess right, and I just think that… — Aaron Sorkin Copy Share Image
My sister-in-law believes that few narratives are so tightly constructed that you can't skip boring bits and still keep abreast of what's… — Arthur Smith Copy Share Image
I have stood by, confounded and speechless, while others have projected their stories over my narrative, each an excuse to appear helpful… — Molly Johnson Copy Share Image
I wanted my first novel to be a veritable infarct of narrative cloggers-the trick being to feel your way through each clog… — Nicholson Baker Copy Share Image
Girls, in particular, use storytelling to establish hierarchies, a pecking order. There is a sort of jockeying of who is in charge… — Claire Messud Copy Share Image
A modern-day Dickens with a popular voice and a genius for storytelling in any genre, Stephen King has written many wonderful books. — Carlos Ruiz Zafon Copy Share Image
Myths of the heroes are cosmic creation myths in microcosm. They depict, in no matter how subtle variation, the eternal battle we… — Dorothy Norman Copy Share Image
No stories or explanations,' Finnikin had once told him. 'When it comes to women, straight into an apology and you will find… — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
I was initially planning to write about grief in terms of Eurydice and the myth thereof. By that point the overall metaphor… — Julian Barnes Copy Share Image
What suggests to non-Evangelical scholars that the resurrection narratives contain legendary accounts? First there is a variety of apparent contradictions in the… — Robert M. Price Copy Share Image
I believe that our lives, just like fairy tales - the stories that have been written by us humans, through our own… — Lucinda Riley Copy Share Image
Many Southern writers must have learned the art of storytelling from listening to oral tales. I did. It gave me the knowledge… — Erskine Caldwell Copy Share Image
I think good storytelling continues to teach you how it unfolds. And so I don't think that film and stage are mutually… — Terry Kinney Copy Share Image
Some worked in collaboration with each other to produce comics as well as short stories.I was partnered with Anita Roy. We critiqued… — Justine Larbalestier Copy Share Image
“A good plot is like a well-crafted puzzle. Each piece is vital to the bigger picture, connecting to each other to tell… — Janice Hardy Copy Share Image
There's a wealth of literature out there which, hopefully, will be, you know, exploded in the future, and I personally find it… — Sean Bean Copy Share Image
