“Yet a period’s character does affect individual character. Psychology, the study of what happens in our minds, is tightly interwoven with culture,… — Joshua Wolf Shenk Copy Share Image
There's a lot of two-hander dialogue in 'True Detective,' and I needed to place those guys in locations where there were other… — Cary Fukunaga Copy Share Image
A part of what makes myths live is their multiplicity, the way different voices retell them in every generation. Homer survives because… — Madeline Miller Copy Share Image
Aren’t all fairy tales based in fact? You yourself are supposed to be nothing more than a myth. Pandora’s box is a… — Gena Showalter Copy Share Image
A Crime So Monstrous is a remarkably brave and unflinching piece of reportage and storytelling. Ben Skinner bears witness, sharing stories so… — Alex Kotlowitz Copy Share Image
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“The great British philosopher and historian R. G. Collingwood maintained in The Idea of History that to write well about a historical… — Lesley Hazleton Copy Share Image
People say, "Look, your book [Tales and Wisdom from Duck Dynasty's Favorite Uncle] is about tall tales." And I said, "No, you… — Si Robertson Copy Share Image
“In stories, when someone behaves uncharacteristically, we take it as a meaningful, even pivotal moment. If we are surprised again and again,… — Amy Bloom Copy Share Image
When there is this giant narrative, when there is a singular story out there like there is right now about the Russians… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
We've become used to processing images that are part of the non-linear narrative theory. I think there's a thinner line between fantasy… — Irvine Welsh Copy Share Image
Recasting fairy tales has become a publishing sub-genre in itself, and has been done both well and to the point of entropy.… — Graham Joyce Copy Share Image
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We tell ourselves stories in order to live...We look for the sermon in the suicide, for the social or moral lesson in… — Joan Didion Copy Share Image
I have a theory that, for people of color or others who have been cut out of the master narrative, just telling… — Faith Adiele Copy Share Image
“...our literature has fallen upon evil days...Read the latest book. What do you find? Simple anecdotes: murder, suicide and accident stories copied… — J.K. Huysmans Copy Share Image
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Patti Callahan Henry seamlessly combines mystery, family love, and personal journey all in one engrossing tale. From the intriguing beginning to the… — Diane Chamberlain Copy Share Image
“Do Engineers have stories, Jack?" he asked. "What?" Jack said, without moving. "Stories. Myths. Things to keep the boredom out on a… — Sam Starbuck Copy Share Image
“There were two things about this particular book ( The Golden Book of Fairy Tales ) that made it vital to the… — Terri Windling Copy Share Image
“Write in pictures. With your words, let the reader see not letters, but images. Be specific about every detail, but don't describe… — A.A. Patawaran Copy Share Image
I believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge. That myth is more potent than history. That dreams are more powerful than facts.… — Robert Fulghum Copy Share Image
“Reading lives is the primary activity. Reading literature, although we engage in it more intentionally and more mindfully, is the secondary one.… — William L. Randall Copy Share Image
That's just me wanting that supernatural tool to tell a story and also not wanting to be restricted by reality, with how… — Bryan Fuller Copy Share Image
“Perhaps I should admit on the title page that this book is "By L. Frank Baum and his correspondents," for I have… — L. Frank Baum Copy Share Image
“And the beasts of the earth and the birds looked down, In a wild solemnity, On a stranger sight than a sylph… — G.K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
“It was hard to fall in love with the Storyteller, you know? Because, whatever you do and whoever you are, you know… — Andrea Tomić Copy Share Image
“Being the reader of a dark fairy tale is much like being the hero of one. Our lives are filled with pain,… — Adam Gidwitz Copy Share Image
“I cannot bring myself to even idly wish any of it—not even the most painful parts—away. Eighteen years. Change even one moment,… — Dani Shapiro Copy Share Image
“The story had held us, round the fire, sufficiently breathless, but except the obvious remark that it was gruesome, as, on Christmas… — Henry James Copy Share Image
“I think that's the way people absorb television. All the explanations in Doctor Who are there if that's your bag, but they're… — Steven Moffat Copy Share Image
Oh, do you have A Tale of Two Cities?" "That silly thing? Men going around getting their heads chopped off for love?… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
I want the camerawork to fit the narrative and tell the story from the point of view of the character, but sometimes,… — Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Copy Share Image
“In any event, whether a supernatural tale remains altogether fantastic or eventually modulates to the uncanny or the marvelous, the reader is… — Howard Kerr Copy Share Image
Storytelling strengthens the imagination. To imagine is to envision, to see with the inward eye. This ability to imagine is the basis… — Carol Birch Copy Share Image
Look at the people who are coming to television Ridley Scott, Ang Lee or Guillermo del Toro - all these great filmmakers… — Ron Perlman Copy Share Image
Marjan. I have told him tales of good women and bad women, strong women and weak women, shy women and bold women,… — Susan Fletcher Copy Share Image
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