Character Quote by Paul Ricoeur

“Narratives are the primary way in which we make sense of our lives, as opposed to, for example schema,cognition, beliefs, constructs. Definition of narrative…

— Jacqui Stedmon

Storytelling is ultimately a creative act of pattern recognition. Through characters, plot and setting, a writer creates places where previously invisible truths become visible.…

— Douglas Coupland

In constructing our narratives, we identify which particular events or experiences were formative or transformative. In telling our stories, we also claim some authority…

— Peg O'Connor

Storytelling is about two things; it's about character and plot.

— George Lucas

“We all fictionalize ourselves in the process of creating a story out of the raw materials of our life. For some it is a…

— Neil McCormick

There's something in psychology called the narrative paradigm, which essentially means that we think of our lives as stories in which we are the…

— Aleksandar Hemon

“Stories are how we think. They are how we make meaning of life. Call them schemas, scripts, mental maps, ideas, metaphors, or narratives. Stories…

— Jeroninio Almeida

Conventional forms of narrative allow for different points of view, but for this book I wanted a structure whereby each of the main characters…

— Penelope Lively

Storylines are how characters create the plots involved in their stories.

— Chelsea Quinn Yarbro

A story is based on what people think is important, so when we live a story, we are telling people around us what we…

— Donald Miller

Basically you come up with the fictional idea and you start writing that story, but then in order to write it and to make…

— Jeffrey Eugenides

Narratives have the same power, I think. Some readers of my novels ask me, "Why do you understand me?". That's a huge pleasure of…

— Haruki Murakami