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“This is, first and last, the real value of Christmas; in so far as the mythology remains at all it is a kind of happy mythology. Personally, of course, I believe in Santa Claus; but it is the season of forgiveness, and I will forgive others for not doing so.”

Firsts Believe Kind Real Lasts Values Courses I Believe Seasons Remains Forgiving I Believe In Mythology Santa Santa Claus Real Value Firsts And Lasts Believe In Santa

Author:Gilbert K. Chesterton

“All the great things have been denied and we live in an intricacy of new and local mythologies, political, economic, poetic, which are asserted with an ever-enlarging incoherence.”

Has Beens Political Economic Myth Mythology Locals Great Things Poetic Denied Intricacy Incoherence

Book:The Necessary Angel: Essays on Reality and the Imagination

Source: The Necessary Angel: Essays on Reality and the Imagination

“One of the things I'm trying to do over and over again in my books is create new mythologies, create new ways to understand the complexity of the world. I think what mythology does is impress upon chaotic experience the patterns, hierarchies and shapes which allow us to interpret the chaos and make fresh sense of it.”

Thinking World Way Trying Doe Book Shapes Chaos Patterns Mythology Complexity New Ways Impress Hierarchy Chaotic

Author:Clive Barker

“I walk the streets, take the train, it's real simple. Some actors create their own mythology: 'Oh, I'm so famous I can't go places, because I created this mythology that I'm so famous I can't go places.”

I Can Real Actors Simple Walks Streets Train Mythology

Author:Samuel L. Jackson

“I'm fascinated by almost any mythology that I can get my hands on...”

I Can Hands Literature Mythology Fascinated

Author:Anne Rice

“Actually, I love mythology. When I was a kid I was obsessed with myth and I wanted to be a mythologist when I grew up. Then I realized I really just like stories.”

Stories Kids Wanted Grew Grew Up Myth I Realized Mythology Obsessed

Author:Amber Benson

“I'm such a geek, I know all about mythology and I don't know Marc Jacobs.”

Knows Mythology Geek Jacob

Author:Amber Benson

“Without a knowledge of mythology much of the elegant literature of our own language cannot be understood and appreciated.”

Literature Language Understood Mythology Elegant Appreciated

Book:Bulfinch's Greek and Roman Mythology: The Age of Fable

Source: Bulfinch's Greek and Roman Mythology: The Age of Fable

“I think that the mythology of Van Gogh's life, and the beauty of his paintings, is unstoppable.”

Thinking Painting Mythology Vans Unstoppable

Author:Billy Childish

“I love Greek mythology, I love gladiators, I love war stuff.”

War Stuff Mythology Greek Greek Mythology Greek Myth

Author:Tyson Chandler

“In this age of vampires, what I love about 'True Blood' the most is that it's a post-modern take on it. 'Sookie Stackhouse' series author Charlaine Harris and 'True Blood' creator Alan Ball turned that whole mythology upside-down... It's not just about vampires. It's about a lot of different things.”

Different Whole Age Blood Modern Balls Series Creator Mythology Vampire Posts Different Things Upside Down Sookie Stackhouse

Author:Michelle Forbes

“Mythologies become exhausting burdens, from a writer's perspective.”

Perspective Burden Mythology Exhausting

Author:Eric Kripke

“Every so often you want to map out your plot mythology but never so specifically that you can’t let a story surprise you. You want to allow the type of action of the writer’s room so that you have the ability to take a left turn.”

Want Stories Action Turns Left Ability Rooms Type Surprise Mythology Plot Maps

Author:Eric Kripke

“I'm not a fan of endless mystery in storytelling - I like to know where the mythology's going; I like to get there in an exciting, fast-paced way - enough that there's a really clear, aggressive direction to where it's going, to pay off mystery and reward the audiences loyalty.”

Knows Way Enough Pay Audience Clear Mystery Fans Exciting Rewards Loyalty Mythology Endless Storytelling Aggressive Fast Paced

Author:Eric Kripke