Any Quote by Giles Foden

“In this time of 'information overload', people do not need more information. They want a story they can relate to.”

— Maarten Schäfer

Stories are told over time, and so they naturally accrue meanings.

— John Edgar Wideman

Things separate from their stories have no meaning. They are only shapes. Of a certain size and color. A certain weight. When their meaning…

— Cormac McCarthy

Over the millennia the seed of stories planted in the fertile soil of bits and scraps of facts was watered by wishes and began…

— Terry Goodkind

“Story is the mechanism by which we live, express, understand, and evolve. Story is more than just equipment for living — it’s life itself.…

— Derek Rydall

The origin of each story is unique.

— Kate DiCamillo

People don't think in terms of information. They think in terms of narratives. But while people focus on the story itself, information comes along…

— Jonah Berger

It is the consistency of the information that matters for a good story, not its completeness. Indeed, you will often find that knowing little…

— Daniel Kahneman

A story must be told or there'll be no story, yet it is the untold stories that are most moving.

— J. R. R. Tolkien

Whoever tells the best story shapes the culture.

— Erwin McManus

A tale is born from an image, and the image extends and creates a network of meanings that are always equivocal.

— Italo Calvino

A story has its purpose and its path. It must be told correctly for it to be understood.

— Marcus Sedgwick