It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury; signifying nothing. — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
I understand the psychology of the business. I understand who I am and I know how I interact with other people, but… — Ted DiBiase Sr Copy Share Image
I love 'Peter Pan' to death. It's one of the most influential pieces of storytelling in my life. It made a huge… — David Lowery Copy Share Image
A myth or legend is simply not made up out of a vacuum. Nothing is--or can be. Somehow there is a kernel… — Isaac Asimov Copy Share Image
“A lovely young girl lies on a bed in the dark listening to a fairy tale,” I said. “But she’s naked and… — Glen Duncan Copy Share Image
I wrote six nonfiction books before getting into narrative fiction with 'Robopocalypse,' including 'How to Survive a Robot Uprising.' My goal all… — Daniel H. Wilson Copy Share Image
Through his mastery of storytelling techniques, he has managed to separate his character, in the public mind, from his actions as president.… — James Nathan Miller Copy Share Image
There is a small industry out there called media training. It offers instruction on how to 'control a narrative,' to use that… — Neil Macdonald Copy Share Image
And our lady friend, she thinks life works like a fairy tale.' Well, that’s harmless, isn’t it?' Yeah, but in fairy tales,… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
My idea of storytelling is - I wouldn't say it's religious but I would say it's spiritual. You know, the chemist Friedrich… — David Milch Copy Share Image
I'm an actor, so I'm interested in the pursuit of storytelling and character and challenging myself and expanding my craft. That's not… — Tatiana Maslany Copy Share Image
I feel like there's already a written narrative going on everywhere. All the different situations and realities you're in, like words floating… — Bill Callahan Copy Share Image
As I got a little older, I discovered Lori McKenna and Patty Griffin and found out how many other tools we have… — Ashley McBryde Copy Share Image
For each of my novels, I've had something of a eureka moment of deciding what world I want to set it in… — Teddy Wayne Copy Share Image
“Storyteller's Creed: I believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge. That myth is more potent than history. That dreams are more powerful… — Robert Fulghum Copy Share Image
I think we all are born inside of our parents' narratives. We stay there for a good while. We are taught their… — Melissa Febos Copy Share Image
“We have, each of us, a life-story, an inner narrative — whose continuity, whose sense, is our lives. It might be said… — Oliver Sacks Copy Share Image
“Fiction is very, very important," he said, his voice is rising. "Storytelling is how people learn. You get people to understand new… — Kristine Grayson Copy Share Image
I like the stories. I like the narratives that you get in fashion photography. And I like what the clothes do to… — Chantal Joffe Copy Share Image
I have very happy memories of fairy tales. My mother used to take me to the library in Toronto to check out… — Mike Myers Copy Share Image
Since 1977, there have been many science fiction movies, but none has managed to equal [A New Hope's] blend of adventure, likable… — James Berardinelli Copy Share Image
“Myths have always been archetypal realities, that through history or legend, remind the human being of his origin, his destiny, and the… — Javier Cazañ Copy Share Image
Pleasing things: finding a large number of tales that one has not read before. Or acquiring the second volume of a tale… — Sei Shonagon Copy Share Image
Basketball games - and seasons - make great narratives; they feature distinct acts, heroes and villains, and guaranteed resolutions. — Anthony Doerr Copy Share Image
Content, it dreams awake, and spins the fabric of tales. There is really nothing to be done with such imagery except to… — Patricia A. McKillip Copy Share Image
Toni Morrison has a habit, perhaps traceable to the pernicious influence of William Faulkner, of plunging into the narrative before the reader… — John Updike Copy Share Image
“Greater skill and value is found in creating a myth than it is to awkwardly present the truth subjectively, or raw form.… — VD Copy Share Image
Almost everyone shuts down when science becomes too technical; you've got to infuse it with entertainment and storytelling to make it effective.… — Greg Graffin Copy Share Image
A lot of the ancient Norse myths and legends are the basis of a lot of the sci-fi, fantasy films out there.… — Karl Urban Copy Share Image
Some after-the-fact storytelling is inevitable, and, in fact, very good and useful. But then we want always to be able to enrich… — Nicholson Baker Copy Share Image
In crime fiction, I just don't write the parts that aren't a thriller and it's exactly the same in my TV reporting… — Hank Phillippi Ryan Copy Share Image
Broken stories can be healed. Diseased stories can be replaced by healthy ones. We are free to change the stories by which… — Daniel Taylor Copy Share Image
I just feel that God gave me a certain gift, and that was to go out, do storytelling and be an actor.… — Eric Close Copy Share Image
I've always felt that the traditional novel doesn't give you enough information about the narrator, and I think it's important to know… — W. G. Sebald Copy Share Image
For most of the history of our species we were helpless to understand how nature works. We took every storm, drought, illness… — Ann Druyan Copy Share Image
I went to Princeton to major in comparative literature. I never went to film school, but I studied storytelling across mediums -… — Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi Copy Share Image
I have had issues in the past with the characters and the limitations of the characters and the structure of the narratives… — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
The excitement of wading into 'reality' and just finding out what happens - and then the challenge of selecting those things that… — Jonathan Demme Copy Share Image
I love creating partnerships; I love not having to bear the entire burden of the creative storytelling, and when I have unions… — Steven Spielberg Copy Share Image
“I have from the first felt sure that the writer, when he sits down to commence his novel, should do so, not… — Anthony Trollope Copy Share Image
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