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People need a narrative, and if there isn't one on offer, they make one up.

The media doesn't create narratives, really. They're not that powerful. What they do is they tap into narratives that are already bubbling amongst their viewership or readership.

Fiction is optimistic or unrealistic enough to demand that there should be a meaningful narrative.

Narrative drives most of economics. Everything seems to be part of a story, and how that story is told often leads to critical error.

As human beings, we are all not conducting just one narrative but many narratives all at the same time.

Partnerships are good engines for narrative.

There's a problem with narratives. Most that spring to mind are fictional.

Stories and narratives are one of the most powerful things in humanity. They're devices for dealing with the chaotic danger of existence.

It's such a rich experience when you enter into a subject from a documentary point of view. It's hard for fiction to compete with that.

The rich and famous expect to get a lot for their story, whether they are writing it themselves or not. It's not that they need the money, of course; it's a question of ego, like catching the biggest fish.