15 quotes found
“Above all, readers want useful information, whether from a road sign or an investment guide. This motive is not completely absent even in readers of fiction, although few people read Madame Bovary ...”
“Our fundamental tactic of self-protection, self-control, and self-definition is not spinning webs or building dams, but telling stories, and more particularly connecting and controlling the story w...”
“In my perception, the world wasn't a graph or formula or an equation. It was a story.”
“Any story told is a lie cunningly told to hide the real world from the poor bastards who live in it.”
“If thinking wants to think God, then it must endeavor to tell stories.”
“I heard the stories of the storytellers, telling the stories people wanted to hear. Everyone finds the narrative that matches the narrative they already know and want. It wasn't that I didn't want ...”
“As you might expect, the geographical location of the capital of Fairyland is fickle and has a rather short temper. I'm afraid the whole thing moves around according to the needs of narrative.'Sept...”
“There are three points about stories: if told, they like to be heard; if heard, they like to be taken in; and if taken in, they like to be told.”
“I'd never had a mind for math. ... It was a logic that made little sense to me. In my perception, the world wasn't a graph or a formula or an equation. It was a story.”
“Sometimes a homeland becomes a tale. We love the story because it is about our homeland and we love our homeland even more because of the story.”
“An inclusive narrative structure provides the executive brain with the best template and strategy for the oversight and coordination of the functions of mind. A story well told, containing conflict...”
“What monster sleeps in the deep of your story? You need a monster. Without a monster there is no story.”
“The ability to see our lives as stories and share those stories with others is at the core of what it means to be human. We use stories to order and make sense of our lives, to define who we are, e...”
“The reason stories have dramatic tension is because LIFE has dramatic tension.”
