I have always found fact infinitely more interesting than myths and falsehoods.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I just had a hunch that there might be kernels of truth or reality - scientific or historical reality - in stories about nature that are perpetuated in oral myths. That's how I got interested in it.
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.
Don't confine truth to fact. Imaginative truth is as powerful, and often enough, more so than fact.
There is a kind of belief among my students that things that are true are interesting. But most things that are true are not interesting. Four pages describing how I got up and brushed my teeth in the morning would kill you.
I know my theories and findings are hard for you to accept because they are so original and extraordinary.
Fairly tales are myths, and myths are only myths because there's a grain of truth in them.
I am attracted to myths.
I get a lot of inspiration from research in mythology and folklore. I find that, you know, stories people told each other thousands of years ago are still relevant now.
The more real things get, the more like myths they become.
Myths which are believed in tend to become true.