Around the world Quote by Anthony McCarten

My father used to tell me that stories offer the listener a chance to escape but, more importantly, he said, they provide people with…

— Tahir Shah

Humans think in stories, and we try to make sense of the world by telling stories.

— Yuval Noah Harari

“Story has a mind of its own and tells things sometimes it might have preferred us not to know. Stories operate like dreams; both…

— Lore Segal

The storytelling mind is allergic to uncertainty, randomness, and coincidence. It is addicted to meaning. If the storytelling mind cannot find meaningful patterns in…

— Jonathan Gottschall

Our minds simply don't function in some sort of narrative chronology. I think that one of the great gifts of writing fiction is being…

— Dani Shapiro

You have to suspend thinking in narratives. The moment you are conscious of yourself the gap opens up. And in this gap, stories are…

— Aleksandar Hemon

Individual storytelling is incredibly powerful. We as journalists know intuitively what scientists of the brain are discovering through brain scans, which is that emotional…

— Anonymous

Stories are the creative conversion of life itself into a more powerful, clearer, more meaningful experience. They are the currency of human contact.

— Robert McKee

Stories make ideas and concepts come alive and by shifting the action to another world and another time, they help us step back and…

— Prakah Iyer

There is an extraordinary power in storytelling that stirs the imagination and makes an indelible impression on the mind.

— Brennan Manning

“Stories are psycho-diagnostic ― they diagnose the condition of our psyches. When we watch, read or hear a story, whatever detail jumps out reflects…

— Thea Euryphaessa

“Our dreams and stories may contain implicit aspects of our lives even without our awareness. In fact, storytelling may be a primary way in…

— Daniel J. Siegel