Quotes About Narrative

What is drama, after all, but life with the dull bits cut out.

Who brings a tale takes two away.

History ain't what it is. It's what some writer wanted it to be.

History is a vast dust-heap of falsehood with a few pennies of truth scattered through it.

Until lions have their historians, tales of the hunt shall always glorify the hunters.

Then, Sir, you would reduce all history to no better than an almanack, a mere chronological series of remarkable events.

History is gossip well told.

History is stained with the bloody ink of truth — beware historians who whitewash.

Every story has, or should have, a mood: the connective tissue which holds the story together. In this regard some writers are adroit, others don't have a clue.

The mark of good writing, in my opinion, is that the reader is not aware that the story has been written; as he reads, the ideas and images flow into his mind as if he were living them.

A valuable possession of a people is its first heroic epic.

For this too I learned, that a storyteller's tale may end, but history goes on always. These events, so distant in legend, play a part in shaping the very events we witness about us, each and every day.

Are you a minor character in my tale, or am I a lesser figure in yours?

not stories, but histories. For this too I learned, that a storyteller's tale may end, but history goes on always.

You have given us a part in a story the bards will sing to our children's children.

Are you a minor character in my tale, or am I a lesser figure in yours?" "I don't know, my lady," I murmured. "I suppose it depends on who is telling the tale.

a storyteller's tale may end, but history goes on always.

Never follow a story with a question, Maisie, not immediately. And remember to acknowledge the storyteller, for in some way even the messenger is affected by the story he brings.

And so another storyteller fell asleep that night thinking not of the telling of the story but of the possibilities inherent in color and texture

How can I explain to anyone that stories are like air to me, I breathe them in and let them out over and over again.

The chief character in this narrative is the Caribbean Sea, one of the world's most alluring bodies of water, a rare gem among the oceans, defined by the islands that form a chain of lovely jewels to the north and east.

James A. Michener

Humans are great storytellers. That's what separates us from every other species.

It's not our parents' fault. Or our schools'. Or the government's. Or our friends'. They all have their own issues—no need to blame them. But there's no need to say yes to their stories either. Now is the time for us to build our own stories.