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All the great legends are Templates for human behavior. I would define a myth as a story that has survived.

There can't be a pure myth, especially when the myth has been handed down in the oral tradition. As the stories are told, they change. If the stories don't change they just die.

I wanted to connect a modern story with a myth that I had read.

The myth that everyone once read great literature is just a myth.

I say that a myth is a story which has particular energy, mythic resonance. I always say that a myth is a tear in the fabric of reality through which all of this spiritual energy pours.

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.

Myths are stories that express meaning, morality or motivation. Whether they are true or not is irrelevant.

Actually, a myth is a story that is not just not true, but it's a story that is especially true. And I think the myth of Jesus is especially true.

In terms of the mechanics of story, myth is an intriguing one because we didn't make myth up; myth is an imprinture of the human condition.

Myth is neither a lie nor a confession: it is an inflexion.