Hermann Hesse Quotes

I think a myth is created from truth.

Myth is nothing more than ancient gossip.

For myth is at the beginning of literature, and also at its end.

People become the stories they hear and the stories they tell.

Every legend, moreover, contains its residuum of truth, and the root function of language is to control the universe by describing it.

In the beginning, there was noise. Noise begat rhythm, and rhythm begat everything else.

I think that we need mythology. We need a bedrock of story and legend in order to live our lives coherently.

To begin with, I want to tell a good story, a story that people will listen to and that they'll think this is true, even if it is a story that might be defined as - as myth or legend or even fanciful.

You have to think of your brand as a kind of myth. A myth is a compelling story that is archetypal, if you know the teachings of Carl Jung. It has to have emotional content and all the themes of a great story: mystery, magic, adventure, intrigue, conflicts, contradiction, paradox.

Combine two words, Myth and History. What do you get? Mystery.

I do love mythology.

A myth is an image in terms of which we try to make sense of the world.

The past is the beginning of the beginning and all that is and has been is but the twilight of the dawn.

A myth is a religion in which no one any longer believes.

Jack’s life had more to do with myth, legend, saga, and story than with political theory or political science.

People love a good story, even if it's a story that has very little truth to it.

I think the Christ-myth stories make great stories, whether it's 'The Matrix' or 'Braveheart,' they all are tapping into some kind of deep myth in our DNA, and by myth I don't necessarily mean false.

I think horror or science fiction is another way of telling a modern myth - it's like Ancient Greece; it's like kids couldn't wait for the next 'Orpheus' story, the next 'Jason and the Argonauts.'

The most powerful words in English are, 'Tell me a story.'

I love mythic stuff. I love playing with gods, I love playing with myths. A lot of it has to do with that they're the basic places stories come from. They're the clay that you make the bricks out of.

Stories are the most important thing in the world. Without stories, we wouldn't be human beings at all.

As long as there's one person to believe it, there's no story that can't be true.

Thou Shalt Not is soon forgotten, but Once Upon a Time is forever.

Just so you know, when they say "once upon a time"....they're lying. It's not once upon a time. Its not even twice upon a time. It's hundreds of times, over and over, every time someone opens up the pages of this dusty old book.

With a tale, forsooth, he cometh unto you; with a tale which holdeth children from play, and old men from the chimney corner.