Stories Quote by Thomas King Download Open image “The truth about stories is, that's all we are.” — Thomas King ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.2 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Stories Storytelling Truth
We're always just telling stories, and stories are always just approximations of the truth. It's never the truth exactly. — Brit Marling Copy Share Image
The story is everything, which means it's our job to tell better stories. — Kevin Spacey Copy Share Image
Stories are not like the real world; they aren't held back by what we know is false or true. What's important is how a… — Tahir Shah Copy Share Image
Stories matter. Stories are how we make sense of the world, which doesn't mean that those stories can't be stupid and simplistic and full… — Laurie Penny Copy Share Image
All stories are lies. But good stories are lies made from light and fire. And they lift our hearts out of the dust, and… — Mike Carey Copy Share Image
All stories are lies, but good stories are lies made of light and fire. They lift our hearts out of the dust and out… — Mike Carey Copy Share Image
Stories are one thing that will be constant in life. Whether told, written, reenacted they are a fundamental part of human nature. — Jessica Shirvington Copy Share Image
All stories should have some honesty and truth in them, otherwise you're just playing about. — Nigel Kneale Copy Share Image
Land. If you understand nothing else about the history of Indians in North America, you need to understand that the question that really matters… — Thomas King Copy Share Image
Tears streamed down my face as I crossed the finish line. I was a new person, a runner. — Thomas King Copy Share Image
“What about human beings? said the animals. Do you think we need human beings? Why not? said the Twins. And as quick as they… — Thomas King Copy Share Image
“Would it have made a difference? This is the question we always ask after we have given up.” — Thomas King Copy Share Image
“...writing a novel is buttering warm toast, while writing a history is herding porcupines with your elbows.” — Thomas King Copy Share Image
“...the [Hawthorn] report revealed the logical fallacy that has haunted Indian history and policy in North America since contact - to wit, that all… — Thomas King Copy Share Image
“History may well be a series of stories we tell about the past, but the stories are not just any stories. They're not chosen… — Thomas King Copy Share Image
I learned very quickly that to be angry about something does not mean anybody's gonna listen to you. — Thomas King Copy Share Image
“Perhaps we shouldn't be displeased with the 'environmental ethics' we have or the 'business ethics' or the 'political ethics' or any of the myriad… — Thomas King Copy Share Image
If we change the stories we live by, quite possibly we change our lives — Thomas King Copy Share Image
“The yard consisted of grass and a Russian Olive tree, which was about the only kind of tree able to survive on the high… — Thomas King Copy Share Image
Histories never conclude; they just pause their prose. Their stories are, if they are truthful, untidy affairs, resistant to windings-up and sortings-out. They beat… — Simon Schama Copy Share Image
My sentences got sharper and my stories more efficient, and I gradually learned to imagine the reader more clearly and to empathize with that… — Karen Thompson Walker Copy Share Image
When you listen to someone improvise, the notes that are played are only half the story. — Hubert Laws Copy Share Image
Well, The Day the Earth Caught Fire was a story... I don't if anybody knows what it is but it was about... in the… — Val Guest Copy Share Image
She smiled, if he could see that, and waited for him to ask the real question. But he was silent. He wanted her to… — Sharon Shinn Copy Share Image
It's like the query letter problem that I just mentioned, magnified a hundredfold. You might be good at telling a story, but that doesn't… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
It took me 20 years to buy an electric typewriter, because I was afraid it would be too sensitive. I like to bang the… — Elmore Leonard Copy Share Image
Having small children and being an investigative reporter would seem like a difficult mix, but it worked well for me. I was often working… — Jill Abramson Copy Share Image
In the current climate, things that are true, brave human stories become political. — Cate Blanchett Copy Share Image
It goes to show you how we in the press so often miss the big stories that are right under our noses. There is… — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
Now I am in the place I call this wide wide Heaven because it includes all my simplest desires but also the most humble… — Alice Sebold Copy Share Image
I think it's actually kind of sweet how there is a reciprocal effect that our stories can have on each other. — Chelsea Manning Copy Share Image
