Quotes About Storytelling

A novel is a prose narrative of some length that has something wrong with it.

The novel is a prose narrative of some length that has something wrong with it.

Myth is not about whether something is fact or fiction; myth is more about truth. Good myth, according to the old adage, is about something that continues to be true again and again, over time.

You know, I grew up on romantic comedies, and it's hard to find a new way to tell that story.

Then let's treat all these holy texts as stories, fictions, and imperfections that could excite us to tears or erections.

My stories run up and bite me in the leg -- I respond by writing down everything that goes on during the bite. When I finish, the idea lets go and runs off.

Our first invention was the story.

La gente que sabe contar historias siempre tiene compañía.

Autobiography is the poor man's history.

I don't write fantasy; I write historical novels about an imaginary place.

When onstage, I always try to take my audience through as many emotions as I possibly can. I want them to go from laughter to tears, be shocked and surprised and walk out the door with a renewed sense of themselves - and maybe a smile.

None of my films are 'Pollyanna.' They're not little deers walking around with butterflies and stuff. That's not what I do.

I feel like if I'm going to give you a book about my dad, then I really want to give you my dad, because he is interesting and he is funny and if you're buying a book about him, I don't want you to have to sit through stuff that's not him.

I now do my own cabaret act, singing and telling stories about my life.

I like cable stuff; I really do - 'American Horror Story,' 'American Crime Story.'

I always start a play by calling the characters A, B, and C.

We didn't go to any summer camps because we just wanted to be making movies and telling stories.

We don't tell Canadian stories enough.

Everything that I've worked on at Lucasfilm has been considered canon.

Like, music and songs, what we do, we can capture history as artists, so that's what I really try to do.

After we map out all the main characters' individual arcs, using color-coded index cards, we arrange them by episode and get a rough idea of the scene order.

I'm not saying I talk to cartoon characters all the time, but the characters are very real to me. In a very non-insane way.

I think in most cases, when you're writing a song, you're just making up a little story, and you're not really thinking about making a point one way or another about it. You're just coming up with a little scenario and seeing it through, and that's it.

I think that in some cases, I've made films that have a sentimental quality, at least as part of the film.