Degenerates Quote by Isaac Asimov

Folklore used to be passed by word of mouth, from one generation to the next; that's what makes it folklore, as opposed to, say,…

— Jill Lepore

The truest tales require time and familiarity to become what they are.

— Erin Morgenstern

“That is a complicated matter. The heart of the tale and the ideas behind it are simple. Time has altered and condensed their nuances,…

— Erin Morgenstern

History is fables agreed upon.

— Voltaire

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

— John Edgar Wideman

What is history but a fable agreed upon?

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Stories are artifacts, not really made things which we create and can take credit for, but pre-existing objects which we dig up.

— Stephen King

What's important is that a story changes every time you say it out loud. When you put it on paper, it can never change.…

— Pat Conroy

Stories are how we learn best. We absorb numbers and facts and details, but we keep them all glued into our heads with stories.

— Chris Brogan

History gets reinterpreted as time goes on. Many times, the participants are lost in the retelling of the story.

— Buzz Aldrin

A story can be new and yet tell about olden times. The past comes into existence with the story.

— Michael Ende

As storytellers, you're always somehow creating history.

— Cary Fukunaga