There never was a scandalous tale without some foundation. — Richard Brinsley Sheridan Copy Share Image
“Sometimes, a story is just the thing we tell ourselves to escape the ordinariness of a life that has no tale to… — A.J. Grayson Copy Share Image
“A fairy tale with a twisted ending, one in which the sun sets like napalm on the prince and princess as they… — Laura Kasischke Copy Share Image
“No doubt there’s a tale there.’ ‘Indeed, but it’s not relevant.’ ‘Meaning you don’t know it.’ ‘Precisely.” — Steven Erikson Copy Share Image
'The Handmaid's Tale' is a horrifying and horrifyingly possible vision of the future. — Phyllida Lloyd Copy Share Image
We love a tale of heroes and villains and conflicts requiring a neat resolution. — Barry Ritholtz 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
“This isn't the way the fairy-tale is supposed to end. Everyone knows that.” — Donna Cooner Copy Share Image
“You have a tale to tell, you are ancient, and deeply broken. I feel love for you and cherish that it is… — Anne Rice Copy Share Image
When you mimic everyone, sometimes authority figures really don't appreciate it which is not an original story. And pretty much every comedian… — Hank Azaria Copy Share Image
Each of us has a creation tale - how we came into this world. And I'll add this: each of us has… — Michael Hainey Copy Share Image
Throughout any given season of 'The Bachelor,' the women exclaim that the experience is like a fairy tale. They suffer the machinations… — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
I always wanted to tell the story of how Pearl Jam is the story of lightning striking twice. As well as being… — Cameron Crowe Copy Share Image
I wrote a great deal of a novel, 'Winter's Tale,' on the roof of a Brooklyn Heights tenement on Henry Street. I… — Mark Helprin Copy Share Image
My first real acting gig was probably playing Mamillius in my mother's 'Winter's Tale.' My mom and dad are both in theater,… — Logan Marshall-Green Copy Share Image
A survival tale peels away the niceties and comforts of civilization. Suddenly, all the technology and education in the world means nothing.… — Nathaniel Philbrick Copy Share Image
'Seconds' is grounded in the reality of this restaurant environment, and I did do plenty of research, so there's that. It takes… — Bryan Lee O'Malley Copy Share Image
I cannot bear not to know the end of a tale. I will read the most trivial things – once commenced –… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“For this world also which seems to us a thing of stone and flower and blood is not a thing at all… — Cormac McCarthy Copy Share Image
“Fairy tales are about trouble, about getting into and out of it, and trouble seems to be a necessary stage on the… — Rebecca Solnit Copy Share Image
“All in the wicked darkest eve In blood and shadows alike; We strive to live through mighty pain, By mighty arms unite,… — C.M. Stunich Copy Share Image
“There is but one world and everything that is imaginable is necessary to it. For this world also which seems to us… — Cormac McCarthy Copy Share Image
To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow, Creeps in this petty pace from day to day, To the last syllable of recorded time; And… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
“Aerodynamically there isn’t much you can do to enhance your Beetle’s handling. The Porsche style whale tale – um, tail is just… — Christina Engela Copy Share Image
“McIntyre’s tale may have predecessors, but it is unique. I strain for literary comparisons and think: Kipling, the classical Chinese poets, early… — Stephen J. Bodio Copy Share Image
I cannot tell how the truth may be; I say the tale as it was said to me. — Walter Scott Copy Share Image
