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is insipid without love, like beef without mustard.

A tale without love is like beef without mustard: insipid. Anatole France

is a very old human skill that gives us an evolutionary advantage. If you can tell young people how you kill an emu, acted out in song or dance, or that uncle george was eaten by a croc over there, don't go there to swim, then those young people don't have to find out by trial and error.

Storytelling is a very old human skill that gives us an evolutionary advantage. If you can tell young people how you kill an emu, acted out in song or dance, or that Uncle George was eaten by a croc over there, don't go there to swim, then those young people don't have to find out by trial and error. Margaret Atwood

is about two things... character and plot.

Storytelling is about two things... it's about character and plot. George Lucas

is an art that is reaching its end because the epic side of truth, wisdom, is dying out.

The art of storytelling is reaching its end because the epic side of truth, wisdom, is dying out. Walter Benjamin

is an imaginative and inventive enterprise (like thought) but insofar as it does not aim at knowledge, belief about facts, or truths, it is marked off from thought even when it most resembles it.

But they do not aim at knowledge, at belief about facts or in truths ... and thereby they are marked off from reflective thought even when they most resemble it. Those who express such thoughts do not expect credence, but rather credit for a well-constructed plot or a well-arranged climax. They produce good stories, not unless by chance

is an imaginative enterprise that precedes thinking of a close-knit type and prepares the way for it.

These imaginative enterprises often precede thinking of the close-knit type and prepare the way for it.

is as old as speech. It existed before humans first began to carve shapes in stones and press their hands upon the rocky walls of caves.

Storytelling is as old as speech. It existed before humans first began to carve shapes in stones and press their hands upon the rocky walls of caves. Kate Forsyth

is evil in in its attempt to make the audience complicit in murder 'kill the guy! Jump him!' And then once you've done it, it's like, 'i've killed this guy, now what''.

The evil of storytelling is you're trying to make the audience complicit in murder 'Kill the guy! Jump him!' And then once you've done it, it's like, 'I've killed this guy, now what'' Bruno Heller

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