Children Quote by Samuel R. Delany

“Rulers craft stories, the ruled listen.”

— Amogh Swamy

“My goal is to make history come alive. My fictitious characters are woven into the tapestry of actual history.”

— C.B. Huesing

“There is a great deal of solemn discussion about The Novel. In fact, every novel is an answer to the ancient plea, 'Tell us…

— Pamela Brown

“Stories can make us remember—or forget—who we are. They have the power to topple governments or build empires. They are the life and breath…

— Laura Burroughs

“He fills my head with tales from the ancient forests, tales so old that the trees themselves call them legends. It is as if…

— Maryrose Wood

“During those days, both the bed and my little rickety table were swimming in notes and scribbled-over manuscripts that I took turns working on,…

— Knut Hamsun

“All our ancient history, as one of our wits remarked, is no more than accepted fiction.”

— Voltaire

“I run my fingers down the spines of old books and ancient tales. I smell the ink and feel the pages as I delicately…

— Liz Newman

“Storytellers have as profound a purpose as any who are charged to guide and transform human lives. I knew it as an ancient discipline…

— Nancy Mellon

“The wisdom of stories and legends is that they give us another way to understand ourselves and the place we inhabit.”

— James C. Christensen

“Many things are found hidden beneath the ground. Men and kings and ancient warriors and the weapons they forged. All are eventually buried.”

— Brian Lee Durfee

“If in this address I were to summon all the writers to whom I owe a few things or a great deal, their shadows…

— Mario Vargas Llosa