“One of the greatest myths in the world - and the phrase 'greatest myths is just a fancy way of saying 'big… — Lemony Snicket Copy Share Image
“He suddenly recalled the famous myth from Plato's Symposium: People were hermaphrodites until God split them in two, and now all the… — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
I think world creation and monster creation and all of that stuff is exciting as a secondary element of storytelling. When it… — Charlie Hunnam Copy Share Image
I don't think it's a coincidence that comic books appeal so strongly to children. Not that it negates any of their power… — Seth Copy Share Image
I understood that the stories we believe have power over us. They work into our bodies and minds and change us from… — Danielle Trussoni Copy Share Image
I was excited to discover, in this tale by Eliade, the key themes that I most hope to understand better - time,… — Francis Ford Coppola Copy Share Image
It's impossible for one or two people to go out and shoot a narrative film; you need to have a cast, the… — Jeremy Coon Copy Share Image
The value of myth is that it takes all the things you know and restores to them the rich significance which has… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Amsterdam, I dreamed about my mother for the first time in years. I’d been shut up in my hotel for more than… — Donna Tartt Copy Share Image
I so love the animation process. Interesting, everything that I do in animation, the kind of crafting and skills of storytelling, totally… — Roy Conli Copy Share Image
I love monsters, I love creatures, I love beings, I love aliens. That's more supernatural and more the stuff of fairy tales.… — Denis O'Hare Copy Share Image
Who reads short stories? one is asked, and I like to think that they are read by men and women in the… — John Cheever Copy Share Image
Your first film is always your best film, in a way. There's something about your first film that you never ever get… — Danny Boyle Copy Share Image
“That is the power of a good story. It can encourage you, it can make you laugh, it can bring you joy.… — Jeff Dixon Copy Share Image
When our ancestors crouched about the camp fire at night, they told each other tales of gods and heroes, monsters and marvels,… — Kate Forsyth Copy Share Image
There is nothing truer than myth: history, in its attempt to realize myth, distorts it, stops halfway; when history claims to have… — Eugene Ionesco Copy Share Image
Tell the story that's been growing in your heart, the characters you can't keep out of your head, the tale story that… — Jennifer Weiner Copy Share Image
There's a lack of diversity amongst executives in the position of greenlighting a film who feel that their stories are being told.… — Cuba Gooding, Jr Copy Share Image
There is very much a sense of different versions of storytelling within our 'Camelot' - who tells those stories, who creates them,… — Chris Chibnall Copy Share Image
“Writing stories and plays is an extension of little-kid doll house play and lego play. We all are kids, just older now,… — Jeanne Voelker Copy Share Image
I have a friend who tells a tale With statements parenthetical; To start at the beginning must To her seem quite heretical;… — Erica H Stux Copy Share Image
Earlier films were meant only for entertainment, but now filmmakers, who are products of these times, do not compromise on real stuff.… — Manoj Bajpayee Copy Share Image
You can't visit readers where you think they are. You have to invite them home to where you are and try to… — Jo Nesbo Copy Share Image
The escape to an unchallenging fairy tale can be very nice and I'm all for that, but film can also challenge you… — Ezra Miller Copy Share Image
It's risky to show poor Americans. People see it as a downer. But I really wanted to make a tightly wound piece… — Debra Granik Copy Share Image
All writers - all people - have their stores of private and family legends which lie like a collection of half-forgotten, often… — V. S. Pritchett Copy Share Image
For me, the drive is storytelling. To be a part of an art that tells a story and to be a catalyst,… — Alden Ehrenreich Copy Share Image
The framed tale is, in my opinion, one of the most natural ways to tell a story. If you think of it,… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
I connect to the tradition of Irish storytelling. And I think there is something - I can't put my finger on it… — Michael Connelly Copy Share Image
“I had read fiction, and myths, and looked at pictures on the backs of movies that couldn’t be played anymore. But in… — George R.R. Martin Copy Share Image
Movies are a hobby for me. I think storytelling has reached a new level where younger audiences are looking at something more… — Ronnie Screwvala Copy Share Image
It's a wonderful narrative device to bring someone from the outside and look through his eyes if you want to describe the… — Christoph Waltz Copy Share Image
I think being snobby about the kind of storytelling people do, it just irks me. It irks me. And in fact, it's… — Jason Blum Copy Share Image
Actors, we like stories, we like storytelling, we love being a part of the story, and if you give us a story… — Aaron Stanford Copy Share Image
I'm too much left brain. I very much have an emotional response to things; I love literature and films and storytelling. I… — Felicity Jones Copy Share Image
In the fairy tale, an incomprehensible happiness rests upon an incomprehensible condition. A box is opened and all evils fly out. A… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I think it's very important for any actor to eventually produce, and create the projects they want to create. I believe it's… — Michael Eklund Copy Share Image
Whenever science attempts to legitimate itself, it is no longer scientific but narrative, appealing to an orienting myth that is not susceptible… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I have tried to write stories that go into the underworld of myth and bring out life and fire — where the… — Catherynne M. Valente Copy Share Image
“The family discussed some of the things they could do to stop the forest from being cut down. They talked about making… — Ellen J. Lewinberg Copy Share Image
