I trained with the American Theatre of Harlem, and by the grace of God, that was my foundation to understanding the art… — Rob Morgan Copy Share Image
It seems like a totally gratuitous myth to tell people a giant rabbit comes round at night leaving candy in a haphazard… — Todd Rundgren Copy Share Image
My dad was ex-military, so I was raised to always know about current events, particularly what was going on with the military… — Harris Faulkner Copy Share Image
Only - only that, if you believe the tales, it's in the nature of our people to go to war and to… — Juliet Marillier Copy Share Image
“My American adolescence was filled with tales of woe like this, all of them proof of what my mother said, that we… — Viet Thanh Nguyen Copy Share Image
“The most invidious myth of our civilization is the idea that any form of social contract can substitute for unrelenting moment-to-moment awareness… — Marco Vassi Copy Share Image
Folk tales are my favourite form of story telling. They not only just adjust the reader according to the world it is… — Shweta Basu Prasad Copy Share Image
People tend to think of fairy tales as 'archetypal.' They are also extremely sensual, something which translates well over the ages. — Kate Bernheimer Copy Share Image
“Storyteller's Creed: I believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge. That myth is more potent than history. That dreams are more powerful… — Robert Fulghum Copy Share Image
I think we all are born inside of our parents' narratives. We stay there for a good while. We are taught their… — Melissa Febos Copy Share Image
“There was a time he’d heard tales of Dab Sweet and he’d stuck thumbs in his belt and chin to the sky… — Joe Abercrombie Copy Share Image
“We have, each of us, a life-story, an inner narrative — whose continuity, whose sense, is our lives. It might be said… — Oliver Sacks Copy Share Image
The great wheel of fire of ancient wisdom, silence and word engendering the myth of the origin, human action engendering the epic… — Carlos Fuentes Copy Share Image
The unrealistic nature of these tales (which narrowminded rationalists object to) is an important device, because it makes obvious that the fairy… — Bruno Bettelheim Copy Share Image
It is however, difficult to make your narratives relative by yourself. A novelists' work is to provide models to make your narratives… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
The idea of suggesting that Hannibal Lecter - in the book, he has a sixth finger and red eyes, and so there… — Bryan Fuller Copy Share Image
I certainly have been writing stories that are hard science fiction, that are very reminiscent of 'Golden Age tales' from the '40s… — Ken Liu Copy Share Image
I so wish to work with Sanjay Leela Bhansali because his creativity is of a different level. His vision, his style of… — Ishita Dutta Copy Share Image
When the Tories came to power in 2010, the ground-breaking Equality Act had just become law. But the newly appointed Equalities Minister… — Emily Thornberry Copy Share Image
We're [also] trying to talk to a generation who grew up on the Internet. They're digital natives, and, essentially, they speak through… — Andrew Aydin Copy Share Image
“Storytelling? God started that. Discovery. Lust. Murder. Revenge. Power. Sin. Redemption. Forgiveness. Miracles. We simply retell the stories in the language of… — Dennis R. Miller Copy Share Image
'Pierrot le Fou' is something I keep coming back to. It's so surreal but still really engaging - it proves narratives within… — Shane Carruth Copy Share Image
writers are makers, not just transmitters, of myths. Literature offers not only myths but counter-myths, just as life offers counter-experiences - experiences… — Susan Sontag Copy Share Image
The 'punch' of a truly weird tale is simply some violation or transcending of fixed cosmic law - an imaginative escape from… — H. P. Lovecraft Copy Share Image
A little bit of one story joins onto an idea from another, and hey presto, . . . not old tales but… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
Me and my needs were driving my mother away. Me and my needs retreated to my closet, disappeared into fairy tales. I… — Marya Hornbacher Copy Share Image
“Reading yourself as a fiction as well as a fact is the only way to keep the narrative open - the only… — Jeanette Winterson Copy Share Image
The problem with fairy tales is that they set a girl up for disappointment. In real life, the Prince goes off with… — Aashi Copy Share Image
“Aunt Syl must have conveniently stopped reading the childhood fairy tales when the knight left the damsel in distress to pursue a… — Rachel Higginson Copy Share Image
This world of ours has been constructed like a superbly written novel: we pursue the tale with avidity, hoping to discover the… — Arthur Keith Copy Share Image
The minute that you bring a unicorn into a story, you know that it's a fairy tale or a fable, because unicorns… — Gloria Vanderbilt Copy Share Image
A tale from which pieces have been raked out is like a fire that has been poked. One does not know the… — Rudyard Kipling Copy Share Image
I always thought storytelling was like juggling [...] You keep a lot of different tales in the air, and juggle them up… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
'Peace Mom' is my most heartfelt, but I am most proud of 'Myth America' because I nailed the problem and gave the… — Cindy Sheehan Copy Share Image
The young today cannot follow narrative but they are alert to drama. They cannot bear description but they love landscape and action. — Marshall McLuhan Copy Share Image
Mind you, as a little boy, I always had other interests from most kids. I was not a boy who rubbed around… — James Ivory Copy Share Image
I do like 'Munich'.It's a really wonderful film. I mean, there's 'Schindler's List', there's 'Saving Private Ryan'. But 'Munich' - of all… — Janusz Kaminski Copy Share Image
I got into reading a lot of noir and a lot of thrillers as well, and I really admired the plotting about… — Joe Abercrombie Copy Share Image
Love is a myth.' 'Love is a myth,' Grandfather Trout said. 'Like summer.' 'What?' 'In winter,'Grandfather Trout said, 'summer is a myth.… — John Crowley Copy Share Image
'Carl Sagan: A Life,' though a riveting tale, tells as much about the all-too-human feelings of jealousy and resentment as it does… — Carolyn Porco Copy Share Image
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