Arcs Quote by Hal Duncan

Myths are the prototype for all stories. When we write a story on our own it can't help but link up with all sorts…

— Haruki Murakami

In terms of the mechanics of story, myth is an intriguing one because we didn't make myth up; myth is an imprinture of the…

— Baz Luhrmann

I wanted to connect a modern story with a myth that I had read.

— Wally Lamb

I've always admired the tradition of storytellers who sat in the public market and told their stories to gathered crowds. They'd start with a…

— Nicolas Roeg

All the great legends are Templates for human behavior. I would define a myth as a story that has survived.

— John Boorman

I've always been into having stories told to me. I was a voracious reader, my father was also a teller of tales; and the…

— Damon Lindelof

We need myths to get by. We need story; otherwise the tremendous randomness of experience overwhelms us. Story is what penetrates.

— Robert Coover

Myth is the system of basic metaphors, images, and stories that informs the perceptions, memories, and aspirations of a people; provides the rationale for…

— Sam Keen

The interface of history and myth is where my stories take place anyway, and there's always a way I'm trying to tap mythologies with…

— Steve Stern

Stories are the creative conversion of life itself into a more powerful, clearer, more meaningful experience. They are the currency of human contact.

— Robert McKee

Important thing about myth is that it's not just something that you believe, a myth is essentially a program for action. And unless you…

— Karen Armstrong

All my stories are like the Greek and Roman myths, and the Egyptian myths, and the Old and New Testament.

— Ray Bradbury