"And he said, 'Sit down then, that I may give you my story from the beginning until now.' And he said, 'Give it me, I …"

"Which his fair tongue—conceit's expositor— Delivers in such apt and gracious words, That aged ears play truant at his…"

"The storyteller is a man who has counsel for his readers. But if today "having counsel" is beginning to have an old-f…"

"A schoolboy's tale, the wonder of an hour!"

"A story, in which native humour reigns, Is often useful, always entertains; A graver fact, enlisted on your side, May…"

"“Heroic fantasy” is the name of a class of stories laid, not in the world as it is or was or will be, but as it ought…"

"Now, the main purpose of the storyteller was to entertain. He might also try to point a moral, or teach a fact, or ex…"

"Studio heads and producers have been relatively quick to welcome back actors, directors, and writers who’ve been accu…"

"When thou dost tell another's jest, therein Omit the oaths, which true wit cannot need; Pick out of tales the mirth, …"

"And thereby hangs a tale."