Aspect Quote by Aleksandar Hemon

Unlike other books or TV shows or sometimes life, my narrative worlds are stripped of implicit moral centers. There is only what you bring.…

— Chris Abani

Storytelling is a universal: every culture does it. There's a reason our religious books aren't simply a list of shall-and-shall-nots. Morals and teachings are…

— Kameron Hurley

Stories can bring alive the moral universe in a very vivid, useful, engaging way.

— Morris Gleitzman

More people telling stories leads to more interesting perspectives in this world. I often think we wouldn't get to these political impasses if we…

— Reese Witherspoon

I have watched constantly that in our work the highest moral and spiritual standards are upheld, whether my productions deal with fable or with…

— Walt Disney

Story is morally neutral. It can express profound truth or propaganda. The two greatest political storytellers of the 20th Century were Winston Churchill and…

— Robert McKee

Storytelling is storytelling. Good stories need compelling characters and interesting conflicts. That's the bottom line no matter what medium you're writing for.

— D. J. MacHale

The way you speak of the characters in your story shows what you think of the values of conservatives‚ or evolution, for example. It…

— Philip Pullman

The history of storytelling isn't one of simply entertaining the masses but of also advising, instructing, challenging the status quo.

— Therese Fowler

I really do think of it in moral terms. I think that we can't kid ourselves that the storytelling impulse is innocent and does…

— Lynn Coady

Only that type of story deserves to be called moral that shows us that one has the power within oneself to act, out of…

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

There is no society that does not highly value fictional storytelling. Ever.

— Orson Scott Card