Quotes About Narrative

Words form the thread on which we string our experiences

Words are the thread on which we string our experiences.

Your memories become fantasies if they are not shared, and your life in all its triviality becomes a legend.

Jasper Gwyn mi ha insegnato che non siamo personaggi, siamo storie, disse Rebecca. Ci fermiamo all'idea di essere un personaggio impegnato in chissà quale avventura, anche semplicissima, ma quel che dovremmo capire è che noi siamo tutta la storia, non solo quel personaggio. Siamo il bosco dove cammina, il cattivo che lo frega, il casino che c'è attorno, tutta la gente che passa, il colore delle cose, i rumori.

You're never really done for, as long as you've got a good story and someone to tell it to.

Lui diceva: "Non sei fregato veramente finché hai da parte una buona storia, e qualcuno a cui raccontarla".

Quello che dovremmo capire è che noi siamo tutta la storia, non solo quel personaggio.

Una luce è giusto uno spicchio di una storia. Se c'è una luce che è come lei, ci sarà anche un rumore, un angolo di strada, un uomo che cammina, molti uomini, una donna sola, cose del genere. Non si fermi alla luce, pensi a tutto il resto, pensi a una storia. Riesce a capire che esiste da qualche perte, e che se lei la trovasse, quello sarebbe il suo ritratto?

Jasper Gwyn taught me that we aren't characters, we're stories," said Rebecca. "We stop at the idea of being a character engaged in who knows what adventure, even a very simple one, but what we have to understand is that we are the whole story, not just that character. We are the wood where he walks, the bad guy who cheats him, the mess around him, all the people who pass, the color of things, the sounds.

No estás jodido verdaderamente mientras tengas una buena historia a cuestas y alguien a quién contársela.

Lo que saca a la historia de sí misma, trayéndola así al mundo, es el acto de contarla. Que, sin embargo

Lui diceva: Non sei fregato veramente finché hai da parte una buona storia, e qualcuno a cui raccontarla. Lui l'aveva una... buona storia. Lui era la sua buona storia.

I think human beings have evolved to appreciate narrative, in the same way that we have evolved to learn language. What is narrative, after all, but a kind of super-language, where stories, like words, are ways of encapsulating information?

A TV show is its characters. When you describe a TV show, you're describing the characters and the situation they're in.

Story is the greatest human mystery. Alex Miller, author, at BRWF 2014

Every story has two sides. So far, we've only heard one. The stupid side."   LIFE

Her engagement? That is a long story." He laughed

But that's what the world is all about, Jamie. Stories. Stories explain everything, bring everything together.

Doing the right thing, she knew, was often not as enjoyable as doing the wrong thing. The wrong thing often made for a better story, but it was still the wrong thing--nothing could change that.

The History of the Village of Goryukhino

I've always admired stylists. I put the writers of bumphable, ready-to-wear prose, calculated to sell, guaranteed not to shock, in the same category as artists who can't draw. There is a lack of bravery and a lot of fraud in them. I have tried never to write a book that didn't attempt something new in the way of narrative technique. Writing is an assault on cliche. I find little to admire in writers who make no attempt at originality.

best intentions notwithstanding, no one can control how the media communicates a story and what the public eventually understands.

Do you think that, if I did, I would lead you to the answer inch by inch, like a dramatist or a novelist?

My Story of the War