Archetype Quote by Kurt Busiek

The characters are, by their nature, archetypes that can serve different metaphors.

— Kurt Busiek

If there's ever a character who can only serve one metaphor, I'll probably tell one story with that character and be done with it.

— Kurt Busiek

“Metaphors introduce symbolic elements that add layers of meaning and depth to how characters feel in any given situation.”

— Calvin Niles

The metaphors exist for the stories.

— Kurt Busiek

The metaphor is the story, not the character.

— Kurt Busiek

Metaphor is the lifeblood of all art.

— Twyla Tharp

An archetypal content expresses itself, first and foremost, in metaphors.

— Carl Jung

A metaphor is like a simile.

— Steven Wright

We don't suffer from a shortage of metaphors . . . But you have to be careful which metaphor you choose, because it matters.

— John Green

I look at the story, I look at the idea and just try to think of it in terms of that whole body of…

— John Boorman

The things that are said in literature are always the same. What is important is the way they are said. Looking for metaphors, for…

— Jorge Luis Borges

Those who truly understand their faiths understand the stories are metaphorical.

— Dan Brown