H. L. Mencken Quotes

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

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.

We should burn all libraries and allow to remain only that which everyone knows by heart. A beautiful age of the legend would then begin.

I think the story is the most ancient form of human entertainment.

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

Legends are all to do with the past and nothing to do with the present.

A good story never dies.

History is merely gossip.

History: Gossip well told.

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

The earliest voice listened to by the nations in their infancy was the voice of the storyteller.

History has its truth; and so has legend hers.

The fairy tale, which to this day is the first tutor of children because it was once the first tutor of mankind, secretly lives on in the story. The first true storyteller is, and will continue to be, the teller of fairy tales. Whenever good counsel was at a premium, the fairy tale had it, and where the need was greatest, its aid was nearest. This need was created by myth. The fairy tale tells us of the earliest arrangements that mankind made to shake off the nightmare which myth had placed upon its chest.

Myth is nothing more than ancient gossip.

Storytelling is the oldest form of education.

My background is deep and set in deep time, and in a narrow space, oral traditions going back a long, long time, which I inherited by osmosis.

A myth is a lie that conceals or reveals a truth. But if it reveals even a strand of history or truth, that's what gets my adrenaline going.

In the ancient times, bards went around singing the epics, which were storehouses of philosophy.

Legends die hard. They survive as truth rarely does.

Storytelling is an ancient and honorable act. An essential role to play in the community or tribe. It's one that I embrace wholeheartedly and have been fortunate enough to be rewarded for.

If history were taught in the form of stories, it would never be forgotten.

Storytelling isn't an Escher staircase.

Myths are part of our DNA. We're a civilisation with a continuous culture. The effort to modernize it keeps it alive. Readers connect with it.

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.