Quotes About Narrative

I think one of the things that is easy to have happened in a superhero story is that the female character, whether she be a heroine or not, can often be the wart on the man.

History is a myth that men agree to believe.

What I'm trying to do [in Winter Journal] is to tell the story of a man's life from birth, but there are different versions of him, four different versions.

With a tale, forsooth, he cometh unto you; with a tale which holdeth children from play, and old men from the chimney corner.

Since I write in first person and have no idea what goes on in men's heads.

Writing the next lines and words of your life is something only you can do. We write our own stories.

When I was growing up, my mom told me every story that was happening to her. Most of the stories that come to me are through a female voice in my head. My stories seem to naturally be about females.

Whether it's foreign money or hiding emails, these stories are creating a narrative about Hillary Clinton trying to be above everyone else and operating under her own set of rules.

As a novelist, I tell stories and people give me money. Then financial planners tell me stories and I give them money.

I value humor, kindness, and the ability to tell a good story far more than money, status, or the kind of car someone drives.

In Land of Milk and Money, Anthony Barcellos mines rich family history to create a full-blooded tale that readers will find insightful, rewarding, and entertaining.

Money comes, money goes. But your story stays with you the rest of your life.

Storytelling is the most powerful way to put ideas into the world today.

I like having a plot, I like characters with a reason to get up in the morning.

Writing stories has given me the power to change things I could not change as a child. I can make boys into doctors. I can make fathers stop drinking. I can make mothers stay.

My mother always said that everyone should be required to write an autobiography of their lives.

Don't go running off at the mouth. Let the picture tell the story. No one tunes in to hear you broadcast the game, except maybe your mother or your wife.

Part of what I want to do is sort of reclaim my story - it belongs to me and to my children, who have to live with whoever their mother is.

My mother is the best storyteller. And her mother was too.

My challenge was to weave into the fabric of American history enough of the presence of blacks so that the story of the United States could be told adequately and fairly.

My only obligation is to my characters. And they came from where I have been.

Nothing capable of being memorized is history.

In the South, we tell stories. We tell stories if you're in a sales position, if you're in a retail position, you lure your customer by telling a story. You just do.

When you see a silent movie, you understand everything that's going on from the images because the images are so strong.