We are all at the center of our own narrative, but it's a narrative that changes every time we retell it. — Ruth Ware Copy Share Image
Shakespeare is repeated around the world in different languages, just because it's good storytelling. — Cary Fukunaga Copy Share Image
That's what film can do in a way that TV and other long-form storytelling can't. It gives you this very immersive moment. — J. C. Chandor Copy Share Image
All I need is a sheet of paper and something to write with, and then I can turn the world upside down. — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
You're never going to kill storytelling, because it's built into the human plan. We come with it. — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
The best films of any kind, narrative or documentary, provoke questions. — Edward Norton Copy Share Image
“Sometimes it is necessary to come up with a myth that people can blame, rather than the cold hand of unfeeling fate.” — Matthew Mather Copy Share Image
Lies are just another kind of storytelling, but with the very distinct and enlivening motive of desperation. Since writers are by nature… — John Hodgman Copy Share Image
At the end of the day, storytelling is actually very simple in its origin as long as there are people who want… — Kevin Spacey Copy Share Image
My brand is good storytelling. I really want [my company] Hillman Grad Productions to be associated with great stories, interesting characters; things… — Lena Waithe Copy Share Image
I think people who share my dreams can enjoy reading my novels. And that's a wonderful thing. I said that myths are… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
I'm also developing my own narrative, because I'm the son of a widow. And so, while working with women and gathering their… — Chath Piersath Copy Share Image
The fundamental difficulty that most novelists face when they are trying to adapt their own book into a screenplay is realizing that… — Barry Eisler Copy Share Image
“Never can that be told, for those who saw and lived through it have lost the gift of words and those who… — Ivo Andrić Copy Share Image
I'm not interested in being perfect when im older. Im interested in having a narrative. It's the narrative that's really the most… — Jodie Foster Copy Share Image
I’ve always believed that as an author, I do 50% of the work of storytelling, and the reader does the other 50%.… — Shannon Hale Copy Share Image
What do you know about yourself? What are your stories? The ones you tell yourself, and the ones told by others. All… — Cameron Dokey Copy Share Image
“The story of Eve and the serpent, and of Noah and his ark, drops to a level with the Arabian Tales, without… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
“...re-writing the narratives that define us, making new meanings and imagining different endings. ... As our earliest caregivers transcribed our sensations, feelings… — Philippa Perry Copy Share Image
“In the end nothing matters but the work. You can’t control how it’s taken, and the act of telling a story always… — Patrick Somerville Copy Share Image
“Every adult life could be said to be defined by two great love stories. The first—the story of our quest for sexual… — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
“Think of every fairy-tale villainess you've ever heard of. Think of the wicked witches, the evil queens, the mad enchantresses. Think of… — Jim Butcher Copy Share Image
“It is a dreadful thing to wait and watch for the approach of death; to know that hope is gone, and recovery… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image