Storytelling Quote by Lemony Snicket Download Open image ““Myths are often entertaining, but they're never very helpful.”” — Lemony Snicket ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.2 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Storytelling
“Myths are not to be despised, but reading them literally is not to be recommended.” — Peter Burke Copy Share Image
“Myths may not satisfy the demands of rationality or science, but they contain profound wisdom - provided one believes they do and is willing… — Devdutt Pattanaik Copy Share Image
“...Myths aren’t fairy tales or legends—they’re an honest attempt to explain mysteries...” — John Geddes Copy Share Image
“Myth could be as sustaining as reality - sometimes even more so.” — Alexander McCall Smith Copy Share Image
“Our myths, our legends, aren't necessarily true, but they are truly necessary. They have to do with the way we interpret the world and… — Jo Walton Copy Share Image
“A myth is an unverifiable and typically fantastic story that is nonethless felt to be true and that deal with a theme of some… — John Bierhorst Copy Share Image
“There's always someone who secretly believes in myths and legends; or at least parts of them. Those are the people who will look beyond… — Aprilynne Pike Copy Share Image
“We have looked for myths that include us in great novels, music, the latest comic book, or even some stupid advertising campaign. We'll look… — Kate Bornstein Copy Share Image
“They do not realize that a myth is dead if it no longer lives and grows. Our myth has become mute, and gives no… — C. G. Jung Copy Share Image
“Myths, it transpired, are stronger than anyone could have imagined.” — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
“Human beings live in their myths. They only endure their realities.” — Robert Anton Wilson Copy Share Image
“Nevermore Tree was gargantuan, a word which here means 'having attained an inordinate amount of botanical volume.” — Lemony Snicket Copy Share Image
“But even if they could go home it would be difficult for me to tell you what the moral of the story is. In… — Lemony Snicket Copy Share Image
“Their adventure would be exciting and memorable like being chased by a werewolf through a field of thorny bushes at midnight with nobody around… — Lemony Snicket Copy Share Image
“I am very, very sorry to leave you hanging like that, but as I was writing the tale of the Baudelaire orphans, I happened… — Lemony Snicket Copy Share Image
“being skeptical is a good thing for a journalist, because it means you don't completely trust anyone.” — Lemony Snicket Copy Share Image
“To those who hadn't been around Violet long, nothing would have seemed unusual, but those who knew her well knew that when she tied… — Lemony Snicket Copy Share Image
“Pietrisycamollaviadelrechiotemexity," Sunny said, which you will probably recall means something along the lines of "I must admit I don’t have the faintest idea of… — Lemony Snicket Copy Share Image
“Behind these two booths was an enormous roller coaster, a phrase which here means “a series of small carts where people can sit and… — Lemony Snicket Copy Share Image
“All these things are miracles. It is a miracle if you can find true friends, and it is a miracle if you have enough… — Lemony Snicket Copy Share Image
“As you and I listen to Uncle Monty tell the three Baudelaire orphans that no harm will ever come to them in the Reptile… — Lemony Snicket 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
