“But as she continued and finished her tale, I could tell that her heart was elsewhere, and when she excused herself to… — Kelly Barnhill Copy Share Image
I want to be part of the storytelling that educates people and awakens a sense of compassion in other people of the… — Kelly McCreary Copy Share Image
In spite of the air of fablethe public were still not at all disposed to receive it as fable. I thence concluded… — Edgar Allan Poe Copy Share Image
“And for some reason, men and women who told the tale often found a need to add almost identical words. The storm… — Robert Jordan Copy Share Image
I grew up in Oklahoma and Missouri, and I just loved film. My folks would take us to the drive-in on summer… — Brad Pitt Copy Share Image
In college, I got an internship at my local station in Honolulu one summer, and I just fell in love with broadcast… — Emily Chang Copy Share Image
“This is why myth is experienced as innocent speech: not because its intentions are hidden—if they were hidden, they could not be… — Roland Barthes Copy Share Image
When you're doing a film, narrative is your most important tool, but it's a tool to create a cinematographic experience, to create… — Alfonso Cuaron Copy Share Image
My mom used to tell me stories at night, read books to me - and I read 'em over and over and… — Peter Guber Copy Share Image
Now shall I become a common tale, A ruin'd fragment of a worn-out world; Unchanging record of unceasing change. Eternal landmark to… — Hartley Coleridge Copy Share Image
If a large number of people who are convinced alien abductions are real are hypnotising even larger numbers of others who suspect… — Bryan Appleyard Copy Share Image
Stories come from violence, they come from sex. They come from death. They come from the dark places that everyone has to… — Joss Whedon Copy Share Image
I was visiting my mother in Florida when the September 11, 2001 attacks happened. I was working on The Tale of Despereaux… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
A massive and brilliant accomplishment--the first English translation of the original Grimm brothers' fairy tales. The plain telling is that much more… — Donna Jo Napoli Copy Share Image
“Myths remind us of the symbolic presence within all the lost-and-found adventures that alone can give life meaning. Losing touch with the… — Michael Meade Copy Share Image
When you're researching things that have happened, the clear narrative arc is not there already. This is the problem of writing nonfiction… — Misha Glenny Copy Share Image
So, as much as it is about this continuing war, the reinstated draft, and their individual views, it's really sort of a… — Elijah Wood Copy Share Image
“A tale, like the universe, they tell us, expands ceaselessly each time you examine it, until there is finally no telling exactly… — Chang-rae Lee Copy Share Image
For me, I think there's a lot more room in cable television to tell broader stories. NBC and the networks, they're all… — Gabriel Macht Copy Share Image
“Write to your heart’s content and by all means, have fun with your creation. It’s your moment to do absolutely anything within… — Jennifer Murgia Copy Share Image
I found that while it was interesting to travel around and take the photographs, I would find that I was more interested… — Joshua Marston Copy Share Image
Having a place means that you know what a place means...what it means in a storied sense of myth, character and presence… — Gary Snyder Copy Share Image
And what's romance? Usually, a nice little tale where you have everything As You Like It, where rain never wets your jacket… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I really love storytelling, and I love the stories as they reveal themselves. It's an incredibly nourishing process; it's probably the closest… — Alan Ball Copy Share Image
My mother's childhood was complex, disjointed, and disturbing. As children, we would gather round and ask her to tell us again and… — Lisa Jewell Copy Share Image
There is a visual narrative that is implicitly understandable even when you don't understand the words and in a good comic, and… — Francoise Mouly Copy Share Image
Myth expresses in terms of the world - that is, of the other world or the second world - the understanding that… — Paul Ricoeur Copy Share Image
“The difference between real life and a story is that life has significance , while a story must have meaning . The… — Vera Nazarian Copy Share Image
There's something magical about making films. But theater, where it all started for me, makes you better at the craft of storytelling. — Mike Faist Copy Share Image
“All life is bound to a simple truth... that time goes on, that in each person's life begins a tale, a tale… — M.J. Chrisman Copy Share Image
Biggie and Big Pun were the best storytellers of the '90s. I would get wrapped up in the narrative of what they… — Lin-Manuel Miranda Copy Share Image
“It’s strange how some folks tell a tale. They go round and round cause the story is a little biddy thing that… — Leah Weiss Copy Share Image
A tale should be judicious, clear, succinct; The language plain, and incidents well link'd; Tell not as new what ev'ry body knows;… — William Cowper Copy Share Image
Admixing the inner space of dream, trance, and myth with the events of everyday existence characterized every belief system worldwide before the… — Leonard Shlain Copy Share Image
We have been pushing forward on a new way of storytelling we call 'collaborative journalism' on behalf of a number of our… — Richard Edelman Copy Share Image
“When you tell the tale of how another person is from your perspective, you're making him or her into a character, a… — Kira Asatryan Copy Share Image
With any sci-fi fantasy storytelling, you must have rules be very clear, otherwise you lose people, like 'OK, they can fly; now… — Melissa Rosenberg Copy Share Image
“Online personal branding is not about self-promotion... it's about transferring your real world reputation into the online world.” — Maarten Schäfer Copy Share Image
My offbeat choices definitely don't get me too much money because they are made in a very restrained budget. We do it… — Manoj Bajpayee Copy Share Image
“A folklore study differs from most writing, in that the tale is told in the voice of the individual telling the story,… — Karen Jones Gowen Copy Share Image
