Narrative Quotes

565 quotes by 468 authors

It's great to have the chance to play a character before he goes to the dark side, or the yellow side if you will. Normally,… — Mark Strong
I plan less and less. It's a great benefit of writing lots, that you get good at holding long narratives in your head like a… — Jonathan Lethem
I'd have been a filmmaker or a cartoonist or something else which extended from the visual arts into the making of narratives if I hadn't… — Jonathan Lethem
That decision to commit your life to certain principles and a certain narrative, if I wrote a paper on that, I know I'd find inconsistencies. — Matt Stone
The journey and excursions in Mexico which have originated the narrative and remarks contained in this volume were made in the months of March, April,… — Edward Burnett Tylor
I do think that the abiding mystery of my origins has definitely had a profound effect upon my writing. There is that thing in the… — Gillian Welch
Even the pictures I was doing at college - a little narrative based on a butterfly catcher, or a chimney sweep - the images were… — Tim Walker
I actually did an Agatha Christie monologue for my audition showcase at Guildhall, and that's how I got my agent. Some people said 'ooh it's… — Thomas Howes
I've always been interested in medicine and was pleased when my brother became a doctor. But after thinking seriously about that field, I realized that… — Lois Lowry
In terms of a narrative nonfiction book, when you're describing scenes that you have multiple sources for, and that you have differing sources for, and… — Ben Mezrich
First person narrative is a very effective tool but you have to know as a writer how to make it work. — James McBride
I'm fascinated by the narrative of geology, and I'm a veritable pack rat of a collector on the road. I keep a rock hammer in… — Marianne Wiggins
The language of chemistry simply does not mesh with that of biology. Chemistry is about substances and how they react, whereas biology appeals to concepts… — Paul Davies
Wherever a story comes from, whether it is a familiar myth or a private memory, the retelling exemplifies the making of a connection from one… — Mary Catherine Bateson
Most people who seek attention and regard by announcing that they're writing a novel are actually so devoid of narrative talent that they can't hold… — Paul Fussell
I think many people need, even require, a narrative version of their life. I seem to be one of them. Writing memoir is, in some… — Sue Monk Kidd
What gets left out is the narrative between the bullets, which would tell us who's going to do what and how we're going to achieve… — Edward Tufte
Narrative art, the novel, from Murasaki to Proust, has produced great works of poetry. — Eugenio Montale
I have always wanted what I have now come to call the voice of personal narrative. That has always been the appealing voice in poetry.… — Diane Wakoski
With fiction, you can talk about plot, character and narrative, whereas a poem brings home the fact that everything that happens in a work of… — Terry Eagleton

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