Quotes About Narrative

As a writer, I am more interested in what people tell themselves happened rather than what actually happened.

It really is brilliant news that historians can just never get things right.

A lot of stories about me getting into trouble start with a girl.

who wanted to see a monster, even if it meant that you got to tell everyone about it?

I want (the story) to be about good and evil and true love, and it should also be funny. No talking animals. Not too much fooling around with the narrative structure. The ending should be happy but still realistic, believable, you know, and there shouldn't be a moral although we should be able to think back later and have some sort of revelation. No 'and suddenly they woke up and discovered that it was all a dream.' Got that?

the book gave Jack a feeling he had never had before, that the past was like a story, in which one thing led to another, and the world was not a boundless mystery, but a finite thing that could be comprehended.

The Wife's Lament.'" She turned to Aldred.

Power is the ability not just to tell the story of another person, but to make it the definitive story of that person.

The power of storytelling is exactly this: to bridge the gaps where everything else has crumbled.

Never underestimate the power of a good story.

You small mortals don't realize the power of your stories.

No story has power, nor will it last, unless we feel in ourselves that it is true and true of us.

The Christian faith grew through story - not text. Only later did the stories become Scripture. While the Scripture must be held in the highest regard, we must not neglect the power of story.

The power of a good film is to engage you and draw you into its world.

Change your story, change your power.

There is an extraordinary power in storytelling that stirs the imagination and makes an indelible impression on the mind.

Stories have the power to create social change and inspire community.

I learned the power of storytelling and the responsibility that people with influence have to speak out

...She's understood the power of stories. Their magical ability to refill the wounded part of people.

Everybody says, TV is great, the writer has so much power. I'm still trying to convince myself that's true. When do the writers ever have power? Ever? They don't. Even in the book industry.

Novels function and the power of novels function because of their stories.

The power of the documentary film, when done well, I think is usually more impacting than a narrative, at least for me. Documentaries are also cheaper, they are more accessible to make.

Storytelling has a narcotic power.

Let others scream, because ultimately you know your story