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
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
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
“All good writing is persuasive writing; persuading the reader to buy what you're selling, to side with you, to believe the tales… — Ramsey Isler 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
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
A myth is an old lie that people believe in. White people believe that they're better than anyone else on earth -… — Ernest Gaines Copy Share Image
“Half an hour later, as I was deeply immersed in the story of The Man of the Hill, that curious, lengthy digression… — Jonathan Coe Copy Share Image
As a child of the 1970s, I couldn't hold a narrative in my head; I was lucky if I could hold a… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
“ When you look out across the fields And you both see the same star Pitching its tent on the point of… — Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin Copy Share Image
“[Veda:] Twenty years of thinking that vampires and witches and all things supernatural were nothing but a bedtime story: a myth, thought… — Jessica Lave Copy Share Image
All storytelling is kind of that - there's a bit of text that you put pressure on that spits out some desire… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
One of the basic motifs in fairy tales is that you find the poor and unfortunate along the side of the road,… — George Lucas Copy Share Image
“It's in The Lord of the Rings, I think, where one of the characters says that "way leads on to way"; that… — Stephen King 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
Fairy tales and mythology have always been an exaggerated distillation of the real world. Think of them as blueprints for how to… — Charles de Lint Copy Share Image
Film and television are major vehicles for American storytelling, and America is the biggest exporter and influencer in the world in terms… — Tamlyn Tomita Copy Share Image
But short films are not inferior, just different. I think the short gives a freedom to film-makers. What's appealing is that you… — Jane Campion 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
I grew up not reading fiction; I watched movies and read comic books, and one of the ways I taught myself to… — Kevin Wilson Copy Share Image
To me, there is nothing but puerility in a tale in which the human form - and local human passions and conditions… — H. P. Lovecraft Copy Share Image
“Laugh and cry and tell stories. Sad stories about bodies stolen, bodies no longer here. Enraging stories about the false images, devastating… — Eli Clare Copy Share Image
“It is a precisely datable historical event having the full weight that real historical happenings have; like them, too, it happens once… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
“So that’s why I’m such a big fan of storytelling. I think the most important thing is empathy. And it’s less about… — Jeanette Walls Copy Share Image
You have to think about storytelling over the long haul: what is going to engage an audience for, potentially, years and how… — Jeremy Podeswa Copy Share Image
Narrative and characters have always interested me. I never tried to alienate an audience. Of course, gradually, I wanted a bigger and… — Miranda July Copy Share Image
I surrendered to a world of my imagination, reenacting all those wonderful tales my father would read aloud to me. I became… — Andrew Wyeth Copy Share Image
The sheer scale of what the Tories are attempting to do is staggering. But Sinn Fein will not agree to this ideologically… — Martin McGuinness Copy Share Image
So for me, it can be theatre or being in L.A. or in some other part of the world, as long as… — Dilshad Vadsaria Copy Share Image
Even though L.A Confidential box-office was a fraction of, say, Titanic or the Grinch movie, it finds its audience and will continue… — Curtis Hanson Copy Share Image
Narrative becomes the way you make sense of chaos. That's how you focus the world. It's the only reason you should ever… — Dennis Lehane Copy Share Image
The funny thing is that in Bosnia there are no words that are equivalent to fiction and nonfiction. From the storytelling point… — Aleksandar Hemon Copy Share Image
I have always admired the Russian cinema, their incisive storytelling, sharp camera work and brilliant acting in them. Indian filmmakers can learn… — Victor Banerjee Copy Share Image
What's fun to me is that we can make movies but we are no longer restricted by this two-hour timeframe. It gives… — Matt Duffer Copy Share Image
“People often think of storytelling as a performative act of persuading others, conveying messages, and selling ideas. But we must recognize that… — Calvin Niles Copy Share Image
“And giving it a happy ending, when all know that tales never end, and the happy ending is but a moment to… — Robin Hobb Copy Share Image
“For most of human history, myths have survived through changing times because they did not demand to be seen as a literal… — Jonah Sachs Copy Share Image
Ever since human beings learned to talk to each other, we've been fascinated with storytelling of every kind. Blessed (or cursed) with… — Lloyd Alexander Copy Share Image
A myth is a fixed way of looking at the world which cannot be destroyed because, looked at through the myth, all… — Edward de Bono Copy Share Image
![“[Veda:] Twenty years of thinking that vampires and witches and all things supernatural were nothing but a bedtime story: a myth, thought up by ignorant people and told to children to keep them from straying after dark. Now, when it was right in front of her, it still felt like a fairy tale.” quote by Jessica Lave](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/18b/jessica-lave-25020_children_veda-twenty-years-of-thinking-that-vampi_117555.jpg)
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