“ It is usually unbearably painful to read a book by an author who knows way less than you do, unless the book is a novel. Mokokoma Mokhonoana
“ The reason shadow histories remained in the shadows lay in the centralization of information: If an idea wasn't discussed on one of three major networks or on the pages of a major daily newspaper or n… Chuck Klosterman
“ Not only was the constellation of Orion part of the Moundville story [of Native Americans], not only was a journey to the realm of the dead part of it, too, but now I knew also that a series of trials… Graham Hancock
“ The average novel invariably reads like a detective's report. It is drab and tedious because it is never objective. Sōseki Natsume
“ A shaman and a writer each serve as their communities’ seers by engaging in extraordinary acts of conscientious study of the past and the present and predicting the future. An inner voice calls to the… Kilroy J. Oldster
“ Life consists of many different stories. A person has not just one but countless life stories that weave in between each other and together create exactly that specific life and that specific human be… Iben Dissing Sandahl
“ No, love, in real life you can get all the way to death and never have finished one single story. Catherynne M. Valente
“ A tale may have exactly three beginnings: one for the audience, one for the artist, and one for the poor bastard who has to live in it. Catherynne M. Valente
“ O There’s no way to really preserve a person when they’ve gone and that’s because whatever you write down it’s not the truth, it’s just a story. Stories are all we’re ever left with in our head or on… Steven Hall
“ Our dreams and stories may contain implicit aspects of our lives even without our awareness. In fact, storytelling may be a primary way in which we can linguistically communicate to others—as well as… Daniel J. Siegel
“ I love the longueurs of a book even if they seem pointless because you can get a peek into the author’s mind, a glimpse of their creative soul. E.A. Bucchianeri
“ ...while epic fantasy is based on the fairy tale of the just war, that’s not one you’ll find in Grimm or Disney, and most will never recognize the shape of it. I think the fantasy genre pitches its te… Catherynne M. Valente
“ Context is everything in both narrative and real life, and while the accusation is never that these creators deliberately set out to discriminate against gay and female characters, the unavoidable imp… Foz Meadows
