Storytelling Quote by James Joyce Download Open image ““He had tales of distant countries.”” — James Joyce ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.8 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Storytelling
“His stories rarely began in foreign countries, for the minds of listeners cannot easily fly there on their own powers.” — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
“She would take him to faraway lands to observe foreign ways, so he could get closer to the strangeness within himself.” — Fatima Mernissi Copy Share Image
“He didn’t know what country he was in, but he was at home in the universe.” — Denis Johnson Copy Share Image
“Stories can actually rearrange continents if they're told long enough.” — Scott McClanahan Copy Share Image
“And the space where his legend was gathering up words grew larger. Because this story was not over yet.” — Laini Taylor Copy Share Image
“If you would know this country, you must know its stories.” — Billy Marshall Stoneking Copy Share Image
“The ice was there. The distance between him and the rest of the world.” — Christine Feehan Copy Share Image
“I exist in a twenty-mile radius, but through him, I know all lands, principalities and kingdoms, peoples and customs. I need never be ashamed… — Gene Stratton-Porter Copy Share Image
“In the entire history of the universe, there are many tales worth telling. ” — Matthew Kadish Copy Share Image
“He knew it even before he could fully articulate it: between East and West lay a terrain that needed to be charted by stories,… — Andrew Lam Copy Share Image
“He had no place in the world, he said once, therefore he could go everywhere.” — Patricia A. McKillip Copy Share Image
He found in the world without as actual what was in his world within as possible. — James Joyce Copy Share Image
Our civilization, bequeathed to us by fierce adventurers, eaters of meat and hunters, is so full of hurry and combat, so busy about many… — James Joyce Copy Share Image
Shaw's works make me admire the magnificent tolerance and broadmindedness of the english. — James Joyce Copy Share Image
“Do you know what Ireland is?' asked Stephen with cold violence. 'Ireland is the old sow that eats her farrow.” — James Joyce Copy Share Image
The studious silence of the library ... Thought is the thought of thought. Tranquil brightness. — James Joyce Copy Share Image
“two cronies drank to the memory of their past. An abyss of fortune or of temperament sundered him from them. His mind seemed older… — James Joyce Copy Share Image
He passes, struck by the stare of truculent Wellington but in the convex mirror grin unstruck the bonham eyes and fatchuck cheekchops of Jollypoldy… — James Joyce Copy Share Image
I hear the ruin of all space, shattered glass and toppled masonry, and time one livid final flame. — James Joyce Copy Share Image
In woman's womb word is made flesh but in the spirit of the maker all flesh that passes becomes the word that shall not… — James Joyce 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
