What I'm passionate about is telling stories which mean something to me. — Marc Forster Copy Share Image
“Account books form a narrative as engaging as any tale of sea monsters or cannibals.” — Hilary Mantel Copy Share Image
Truly songs and tales fall utterly short of the reality, O Smaug the Chiefest and greatest of Calamities. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Where do you think stories come from, E'lir Kvothe? Every tale has deep roots somewhere in the world.” — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
First person narrative is a very effective tool but you have to know as a writer how to make it work. — James McBride Copy Share Image
But are not the dreams of poets and the tales of travellers notoriously false? — H. P. Lovecraft Copy Share Image
A touch of science, even bogus science, gives an edge to the superstitious tale. — V. S. Pritchett Copy Share Image
The power of storytelling - of elevating the voices and examples of incredible leaders who have overcome odd after odd - remains… — Caroline Ghosn Copy Share Image
True stories, autobiographical stories, like some novels, begin long ago, before the acts in the account, before the birth of some of… — Harold Brodkey Copy Share Image
Things we are accustomed to regard as myth or fairy story are very much present in people's lives. Nice people behave like… — Diana Wynne Jones Copy Share Image
Writers have it easy. If you write a bestseller or have your book made into a movie, you'll never have to work… — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
The short story is a very natural mode of storytelling; most stories can be told quickly. I always think of them as… — Kevin Barry Copy Share Image
I don't think I ever watched a movie without being totally immersed in the story. But at the same time, I had… — Raoul Peck Copy Share Image
In documentary films, being able to be a storytelling and embrace film as an art form - while being very clearly connected… — James Redford Copy Share Image
A lot of writers dream of feature films, but television - by way of TNT, CBS, Lifetime, and Hallmark Hall of Fame… — Luanne Rice Copy Share Image
Our life always expresses the result of our dominant thoughts. It is an adventure, a storybook with each chapter a new tale.… — Allie McLaughlin Copy Share Image
Christian apologists who argue that a story about an empty tomb is convincing evidence of a resurrected body are likely unfamiliar with… — David G. McAfee Copy Share Image
My child, you have a flawed grasp of the nature of myth-making. I am a poet and storyteller, a creator of ballads… — Frances Hardinge Copy Share Image
I guess the wildcard here is Terrence Malick. He supervised me while I was writing the script for Beautiful Country, and he… — Sabina Murray Copy Share Image
“I believe that we need good tale-tellers now, as much as we did when the oral tradition was the only way that… — Alan Lee Copy Share Image
“tale is thus both instructive and cautionary, filled with lessons about innovation, character, leadership, and values. Shakespeare’s Henry V—the story of a… — Walter Isaacson Copy Share Image
“There are many narratives from documented histories that are based on real events, of course, but they were fantastically embellished by the… — Leah Reise Copy Share Image
“Man seeks to escape himself in myth, and does so by any means at his disposal… unnable to withdraw into himself, he… — Jean Cocteau Copy Share Image
One hopes that each piece contains enough space for several narratives. — Kiki Smith Copy Share Image
The myth is a surviving fragment of the psychic life of the infancy of the race whilst the dream is the myth… — Karl Abraham Copy Share Image
The single thing all women need in the world is inspiration, and inspiration comes from storytelling. — Zainab Salbi Copy Share Image
Story is the vehicle we use to make sense of our lives in a world that often defies logic. — Jim Trelease Copy Share Image
I look for stories that are different because that is how I will grow as a performer. — Vicky Kaushal Copy Share Image
“We all tell our stories the way we want to. And sometimes those stories have nothing to do with reality.” — Danielle Ganek Copy Share Image
Records told the same tale, then the lie passed into history and became truth. — George Orwell Copy Share Image
I'm a fan of classic romance films as well as screwball comedies. I think love stories are just compelling narratives. — Rose Matafeo Copy Share Image
Historically speaking, the books I usually connect with the most are written in first-person narrative. — Davey Havok Copy Share Image
Christmas is not a myth, not a tradition, not a dream. It is a glorious reality. — Billy Graham Copy Share Image
In storytelling, the audience actually wants to work for their meal, they just don't want to know that they're doing it. — Andrew Stanton Copy Share Image
The earliest voice listened to by the nations in their infancy was the voice of the storyteller. — Agnes Repplier Copy Share Image
A lot of my early career, I wrote story songs that had narratives, that had plots. — Rupert Holmes Copy Share Image
You can't outsmart or outguess the audience in terms of what the narrative answer is. — Frank Spotnitz Copy Share Image
The glory of a good tale is that it is limitless and fluid; a good tale belongs to each reader in its… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
