Confusing Quote by Michael Ondaatje

Sometimes all it takes is a tiny shift of perspective to see something familiar in a totally new light.

— Dan Brown

When well told, a story captured the subtle movement of change. If a novel was a map of a country, a story was the…

— Ann Patchett

Things either become unclear in a story or they're just ambiguous with no real point. So defined gray area with clarity that also works…

— Annette Bening

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

— John Edgar Wideman

“When the shimmer of the past is melting into the presence, spreading a scent of attentiveness and inquiringness, our mind may ask for a…

— Erik Pevernagie

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

— Michael Ende

“Literature is still doing the same job that mythology did earlier, but filling in its huge cloudy shapes with sharper lights and deeper shadows.”

— Northrop Frye

As society evolves, people are interested in a new take on an old beloved story.

— Len Wiseman

Things separate from their stories have no meaning. They are only shapes. Of a certain size and color. A certain weight. When their meaning…

— Cormac McCarthy

So for me the approach has become to go into a story not really sure of what I want to say, try to find…

— George Saunders

Even if it’s a dumb story, telling it changes people just the slightest little bit, just as living the story changes me. An infinitesimal…

— John Green

A story is not like a road to follow... it's more like a house. You go inside and stay there for a while, wandering…

— Alice Munro