Narrative Quotes

565 quotes by 468 authors

When it came time to make the audiobook, Audible did an ingenious thing: they asked both Wil Wheaton and Amber Benson to record entire versions… — John Scalzi
If there's a narrative, I want it in the flesh. — Jenny Saville
The narrative constructs the identity of the character, what can be called his or her narrative identity, in constructing that of the story told. It… — Paul Ricoeur
Narrative identity takes part in the story's movement, in the dialectic between order and disorder — Paul Ricoeur
Like Flannery O'Connor, McCorkle's genius is to give us both philosophical speculation and a riveting narrative filled with unforgettable characters. Great writing, poignancy, humor, wisdom-all… — Ron Rash
After a while, a surprising theme emerged. The single most important thing you can do for your family may be the simplest of all: Develop… — Bruce Feiler
A play's got to be a dramatic event, not a lyrical event. It's not music, it's not poetry, it's not dance, it's not narrative -… — Romulus Linney
In all the history of the boxing game, you'll find no human interest story to compare with the life narrative of James J. Braddock. — Damon Runyon
When serious people of good faith disagree, they've got to go back into the narratives and come at it again. One of the problems in… — Walter Brueggemann
A specter is haunting the cinema: the specter of narrative. If that apparition is an Angel, we must embrace it; and if it is a… — Hollis Frampton
There's a logic to dreams that doesn't necessarily follow linear narrative. You don't know why things happen, it's your subconscious pushing you, to give you… — Justin Theroux
The purpose of narrative is to present us with complexity and ambiguity. — Scott Turow
A myth is a way of making sense in a senseless world. Myths are narrative patterns that give significance to our existence. Whether the meaning… — Rollo May
One measure of the greatness of a work is that the characters who play roles in the narrative feel its essential truth. As someone who… — Niles Eldredge
The silencing of the Haitian Revolution is only a chapter within a narrative of global domination. It is part of the history of the West… — Michel-Rolph Trouillot
Silences enter the process of historical production at four crucial moments: the moment of fact creation (the making of sources); the moment of fact assembly… — Michel-Rolph Trouillot
Brian Myers takes a fresh approach. He largely ignores what the regime tells the outside world about itself, but concentrates instead on what North Koreans… — Andrei Lankov
Objects are better than text at conveying narrative — Neil MacGregor
How often do we stand convinced of the truth of our early memories, forgetting that they are assessments made by a child? We can replace… — Benjamin Zander
The mathematical question is "Why?" It's always why. And the only way we know how to answer such questions is to come up, from scratch,… — Paul Lockhart

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