“It’s not by story alone that successful advocates urge others to take action. Advocating with our personal stories takes a specific kind… — John Capecci and Timothy Cage Copy Share Image
I see rock music as the best example of modernday storytelling that exists in our society. Songs are narratives that help the… — Stephan Jenkins Copy Share Image
“The creation myths of the various peoples and religions of the world pale when compared to the glory of the big band.… — Cixin Liu Copy Share Image
“As long as we share our stories, as long as our stories reveal our strengths and vulnerabilities to each other, we reinvigorte… — Christina Baldwin Copy Share Image
I'm really inspired right now by a lot of the actors and actresses who are pursuing storytelling outside of just acting. They're… — Cynthia Addai-Robinson Copy Share Image
Most people who read the autobiography perceive the narrative as a story that now millions of people know, and it was -… — Manning Marable Copy Share Image
“A high school teacher once told me that identity is half what we tell ourselves and half what we tell other people… — Jessica Valenti Copy Share Image
“Witch-sign, they said. Little eddies, like miniature storms breaking the surface of the ocean. Witch-signs rise up in great numbers, last a… — Cat Hellisen Copy Share Image
I use my platform for more than just myself. Art is a reflection of human emotions. To neglect the political is to… — Zendaya Copy Share Image
“...a fundamental rule of journalism, which is to tell a story and stick to it. The narratives of journalism (significantly called "stories"),… — Janet Malcolm Copy Share Image
“And strange were the tales of the pond in the meadow, And eager we listened with eyes opened wide To Those tales… — J.R. Withers Copy Share Image
With my students, I don't offer any simple tips like that, maybe because my own process is pretty messy, but when we… — Edan Lepucki Copy Share Image
“Life is a story. It’s full of chapters. And the beauty of life is that not only do you get to choose… — Kevin Hart Copy Share Image
“Fiction is usually seen as escapist entertainment...But it's hard to reconcile the escapist theory of fiction with the deep patterns we find… — Jonathan Gottschall Copy Share Image
Contemporary paganism gives me a subjective lens through which the world in which I live can be interpreted on an aesthetic and… — Liz Williams Copy Share Image
I first read 'The Lord of the Rings' as an adolescent. It's a dense novel, a sprawling, complex monster of a book… — Peter Jackson Copy Share Image
“The fundamental purpose of storytelling is to pass the time, which is infinite, slow, and weighs heavy in our hands. When the… — Michael Chabon Copy Share Image
“The operation would be in a week...I didn't know if I would survive. How I longed to go back to reading! There… — Hassan Blasim Copy Share Image
“The very act of story-telling, of arranging memory and invention according to the structure of the narrative, is by definition holy. We… — James Carroll Copy Share Image
I've always thought that one of the things that the Internet and the gaming world permits as a narrative technique is to… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
I loved ghost stories. I love horror stories. I love all of that stuff, but I really yearn for something to actually… — Jane Goldman Copy Share Image
There are stories within stories, whispered in the quiet of the night, shouted above the roar of the day, and played out… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
“There was a girl, and her uncle sold her. Put like that it seems so simple. No man, proclaimed Donne, is an… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
Through our Building Bridges dialogues at Accenture, where we have brought together people from diverse backgrounds to have sometimes difficult conversations, such… — Julie Sweet Copy Share Image
I think television has become such an interesting place for characters and for incredible storytelling. Half of what I watch are television… — Elijah Wood Copy Share Image
“Storytelling is an ancient art that rarely receives the respect it deserves. Is it even possible to find someone these days with… — Erika Eichenseer Copy Share Image
“When I started school in 1958 there were no books written by Aboriginals in the school system and everything about Native life… — Rick Revelle Copy Share Image
“I needed a story. Something local, but juicy. And more than just newsworthy. I was holding out for gasp-worthy. And I found… — Elyse Friedman Copy Share Image
I've always felt that the writing I responded to most - the novels and stories that compelled me, that felt like they… — Jonathan Lethem Copy Share Image
The more real things get, the more like myths they become. There have always been myths, but the myths of earlier times… — Rainer Werner Fassbinder Copy Share Image
“A man who is not born with the novel-writing gift has a troublesome time of it when he tries to build a… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
“Instead of celebrating with a cake (too full of poisonous refined sugars) and presents (too materialistic), my mother would come into my… — Molly Harper Copy Share Image
“I have heard it said that if you tell a lie often enough, loudly enough, and long enough, the myth will become… — Dave Ramsey Copy Share Image
When I was in New Orleans, I was in a grocery store and a woman came up to me and she said,… — Kathy Bates Copy Share Image
I stole a ton of film language from Steven Soderbergh and 'The Limey.' It's the definition of elliptical. It was the first… — Shane Carruth Copy Share Image
“This is the squalid, or moving, part of the story, and the scene changes. The people change, too. I'm still around, but… — J.D. Salinger Copy Share Image
When I became convinced that the universe is natural, that all the ghosts and gods are myths, there entered into my brain,… — Robert Green Ingersoll Copy Share Image
The theory I'm putting forward here is that storytelling is a genetic characteristic in the sense that early human hunters who were… — Daniel Quinn Copy Share Image
“LOVE is measured in GAUGE TWENTY- specifically, love pressure in the surrounding area. If it drops below four percent, though, you may… — Christopher Boucher Copy Share Image
“The great tragic love story of Percy and me is neither great nor truly a love story, and is tragic only for… — Mackenzi Lee Copy Share Image
