Closely Quote by Rick Riordan

I stick closely to the structure of the myths. I may have some fun with the mythology by changing the environment to modern-day, but…

— Rick Riordan

As I continue to mature and navigate the world, there are so many myths that are dispelled for me.

— Tim Gunn

If you live with the myths in your mind, you will find yourself always in mythological situations. They cover everything that can happen to…

— Joseph Campbell

Myths are wonderful - they really tell the stories that connect all of us and teach us so much.

— Jeff Bridges

I think of a myth as a story that helps you explain all the different pieces of your life. In that broad sense, there…

— Lewis Hyde

A myth is a way of making sense in a senseless world. Myths are narrative patterns that give significance to our existence.

— Rollo May

Real myths are often strange and startlingly unfamiliar, and don't always give up their meanings easily; you have to tease them out, and for…

— Elizabeth Hand

Myths are fun, as long as you don't confuse them with the truth.

— Richard Dawkins

Myths, by their definition, involve transformations, struggles through various worlds or layers of reality and of obscuration.

— Anne Waldman

The interface of history and myth is where my stories take place anyway, and there's always a way I'm trying to tap mythologies with…

— Steve Stern

Myths which are believed in tend to become true.

— George Orwell

Myths are the prototype for all stories. When we write a story on our own it can't help but link up with all sorts…

— Haruki Murakami