Quotes by Narrative Narrative is one of the best intoxicants or tranquilisers. A. S. Byatt narrative I hear music as narrative. Ajay Naidu narrative The comics medium has some unusual features that do make it very different, in that it's combining a verbal narrative with a visual one that allows for much richer possibilities of transmitting information. Alan Moore information narrative different I'm a project-based photographer; I think in narrative terms, the way a writer thinks of a book, or a filmmaker a film. Alec Soth narrative book thinking You have to suspend thinking in narratives. The moment you are conscious of yourself the gap opens up. And in this gap, stories are generated. Aleksandar Hemon gaps narrative thinking What fiction and art can do, particularly narrative art, is construct consciousness - in a sense, we have to do it for the first time, every time. Aleksandar Hemon narrative art firsts The biggest misconception is that I'm only a documentary filmmaker, but in fact I have made many narrative shorts. My biggest inspirations are narrative films, and that's ultimately where I see myself going next. Alex Hammond next narrative inspiration I love the Russian absurdists - [Nikolai] Gogol,[Daniil] Kharms, and [Vladimir] Bulgakov. Even within the Russian experimentalists, there's a lineage of traditional narrative, conflict, and character development, which I find vital to my storytelling. Alexander Weinstein narrative development character I really admire the experimentalists who challenge traditional narrative - writers like Ishmael Reed, Michael Martone, Donald Barthelme, Tatyana Tolstaya, George Saunders, and many others. Alexander Weinstein reeds narrative challenges David Foster Wallace was a brilliant experimentalist who I deeply admire. His ability to do formalism helped me understand how to tackle stories like "Dictionary" and "Failed Revolution." "Dictionary," in particular, functions against narrative in many ways - each of the definitions are their own mini-story or prose poem, and the collection of them adds up to create a different effect than the traditional Freytagian Pyramid story. Alexander Weinstein narrative definitions pyramids I learned there's an amazing unexplored territory in terms of narrative. Before, I thought the unexplored territory was the form, the way you shoot a movie. Now, I'm learning about the beautiful marriage between form and narrative. Alfonso Cuaron territory narrative beautiful Every great narrative is at least two narratives, if not more - the thing that is on the surface and then the things underneath which are invisible. Ali Smith invisible narrative two To transform experience and thought into language and narrative - that is beautiful even if that beauty is in brokenness. Alice Sebold narrative language beautiful It's hard, because when you talk about process or your characters ruling your narrative, it sounds like you have no control, but obviously you're ultimately the author, so you do have control. Alice Sebold narrative sound character Narrative is the beginning of recovery. Amanda Ripley recovery narrative STORY, n. A narrative, commonly untrue. The truth of the stories here following has, however, not been successfully impeached. Ambrose Bierce narrative truth stories STORY, n. A narrative, commonly untrue. Ambrose Bierce untrue narrative stories I think in a larger sense, immigrant narrative is comprehensive and speaks to the core of human experience. Andrew Lam narrative speak thinking Change the narrative, change the laws. Ani DiFranco narrative law Because I love narrative but am more lyrically inclined, I've learned that if I freight titles with narrative information (the who, what, when, where, why of the poem), I can get to my main interest, which is the language, and where it wants to take me. If I can establish the poem's occasion in the title, then so much the better for my freedom to associate. Anna Journey titles narrative want 1234567891011»