Storytelling Quote by Cassandra Clare

“Myth is stories about the way things never were, but always are.”

— Marcus Borg

“Most stories are based on something real.”

— Paula Weston

“I believe legends and myths are largely made of truth..”

— J. R. R. Tolkien

“Are stories true? ... They're magic, they're not about real people walking around today. So they're fake? No, no. Stories are a different kind…

— Emma Donoghue

“...Myths aren’t fairy tales or legends—they’re an honest attempt to explain mysteries...”

— John Geddes

“All myths have a basis in fact”

— Samaire Provost

Behind every myth lies a truth; beyond every legend is reality, as radiant (sometimes as chilling) as the story itself.

— Phyllis McGinley

“All stories are born out of illusion, but that doesn't mean they're not worth telling.”

— Eric Micha'el Leventhal

“A myth is an unverifiable and typically fantastic story that is nonethless felt to be true and that deal with a theme of some…

— John Bierhorst

Fairly tales are myths, and myths are only myths because there's a grain of truth in them.

— Silas Weir Mitchell

“It's kind of strange...All these so-called myths and fables. Everyone seems to have the same ones. They cross cultures and continents. Everyone has their…

— Maurissa Guibord

Myths are stories that express meaning, morality or motivation. Whether they are true or not is irrelevant.

— Michael Shermer