Storytelling Quote by Cleopatra Mathis Download Open image ““I was full of myth, which is to say full of an idea.”” — Cleopatra Mathis ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.2 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Storytelling
“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 Copy Share Image
“Myth could be as sustaining as reality - sometimes even more so.” — Alexander McCall Smith Copy Share Image
“A myth... is a metaphor for a mystery beyond human comprehension... A myth, in this way of thinking, is not an untruth but a… — Brian Godawa Copy Share Image
“They do not realize that a myth is dead if it no longer lives and grows. Our myth has become mute, and gives no… — C. G. Jung Copy Share Image
“I will warm the great outdoors for the whole of January if I can.” — Cleopatra Mathis Copy Share Image
“And for her, now, replaced by the plain language of the dogs, who in a few syllables have everything to say.” — Cleopatra Mathis Copy Share Image
“The heat compounded, and ugliness settled its cloud over us, profound as human speech, although by then we were not speaking.” — Cleopatra Mathis Copy Share Image
“And if only it would stop, shut itself up for good- this off-key 'if only' that goes on singing, like some deranged child, repeating.” — Cleopatra Mathis Copy Share Image
“Anyway, it's a pretty good story," I said. "You have to admit." "Yeah?" He crumpled up the Kleenex, having dispatched the solitary tear. "You… — Michael Chabon Copy Share Image
“A disproportionate number of stories are love stories – and what is homosexuality but a special narrative of love?” — Christopher Bram Copy Share Image
If you do weave one-liners into a story, you have to have an overall story as well, otherwise it doesn't really count as narrative. — Tim Vine Copy Share Image
I have always been fascinated by the supernatural elements in stories, whether fairy tales, myths, film or literature. — Trudi Canavan Copy Share Image
When we read a story, we inhabit it. The covers of the book are like a roof and four walls. — John Berger Copy Share Image
Your job as a writer is to find storylines, narrative structures, and characters to show the things that you believe rather than saying them… — Philipp Meyer Copy Share Image
Beware of self-indulgence. The romance surrounding the writing profession carries several myths: that one must suffer in order to be creative; that one must… — David Brin Copy Share Image
“Societies everywhere have a tendency to construct a genealogically useful past for themselves in which desirable versions of their history are favored and unwanted… — Tudor Parfitt Copy Share Image
I'm not a fan of endless mystery in storytelling - I like to know where the mythology's going; I like to get there in… — Eric Kripke Copy Share Image
“We take creative license with the fictional narratives that become our memories. Anthologized, these are the tales that become the story of your life.” — Danielle Ganek Copy Share Image
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