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What is history but a fable agreed upon?

Whosoever counts these Lays as fable, may be assured that I am not of his mind.

One writes fables in periods of oppression.

Fable is more historical than fact, because fact tells us about one man and fable tells us about a million men.

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.

From this, without doubt, sprang the fable. Man created it thus, because it was not given him to see more than himself and nature, which surrounds him; but he created it true with a truth all its own.

I always felt and still feel that fairy tales have an emotional truth that is so deep that there are few things that really rival them.

I wanted to rock back and forth between myth and distant futures, yesterday, today, and tomorrow. It felt a bit like prophecy and a bit like storytelling.

I think writers from both East and West have long been fascinated by the ancient tales and the opportunity to reinterpret them.