Narrative Quotes

565 quotes by 468 authors

GraceQuest is a gripping story of one man's (and his family's) struggle with tremendous weakness and pain, but it is also a narrative theodicy--defense of… — Roger E. Olson
I never even considered writing a career option. I just liked the play of words. I was certainly interested in story, but the stories I… — Charles de Lint
I believe a good writer can write a good book with any sort of character, in any sort of setting, but I prefer to write… — Charles de Lint
The Old Testament contains fabulous elements. The New Testament consists mostly of teaching, not of narrative at all: but where it is narrative, it is,… — C.S. Lewis
We cherish the conventional story of Dr. King and nonviolence, in fact, precisely because that narrative demands so little of usâ€¦This conventional narrative is soothing,… — Timothy B. Tyson
As project chief you are creating a narrative, a story, a good yarn. If you look at the process-journey that way, you and your gang… — Tom Peters
I think human beings wouldn't be human without narrative fiction. — Paul Auster
Writers know - especially new writers - [that] a lot of it [creative process] is the prewriting stage, the talking, brainstorming, the narrative arc and… — Jenna Bush
Somebody must be up and somebody must be down. Trouble is, campaigns are messy, subtle creatures that don't follow convenient narratives. — Ron Fournier
American exceptionalism is the recurring character in the nation's narrative. — Ron Fournier
I love it when real science finds a home in a fictional setting, where you take some real core idea of science and weave it… — Brian Greene
Any time you write history, you insert your opinion. You pick and choose what you are going to write about. I feel really happy not… — Gail Collins
I think any new technology that helps connect and create social cohesion is great. But at the end of the day, you and I are… — Peter Guber
I think the goal with any writing, but especially narrative nonfiction, is to put the blockade of putting your thoughts in this unnatural medium of… — Sloane Crosley
In New York and L.A., there is sort of that silent competition to be on the cutting edge of something. You end up having a… — Sloane Crosley
There are certain types of slightly hysterical human characters who, rather than creating, walk around with a sense of their own potential - it's as… — Rachel Cusk
Genre might certainly increase some of your narrative freedoms, but it also diminishes others. That's the nature of genre. — Junot Diaz
I'm one of those apocalyptics. From the start of my immigrant days, I've been fascinated by end-of-the-world stories, by outbreak narratives, and always wanted to… — Junot Diaz
Migration gives a blank cheque to put anything you don't feel like addressing in the memory hold. No neighbours can go against the monster narrative… — Junot Diaz
It makes more sense to write one big book - a novel or nonfiction narrative - than to write many stories or essays. Into a… — Annie Dillard

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