“I met Baba Yaga at the end of childhood – past pigtails and fairytales, but not quite ready to give up on make-believe.” — Kirsty Logan Copy Share Image
“But fairytales were, at best, dirty mirrors whose warped and pitted surfaces reflected a highly distorted view of the truth, quite different… — Nenia Campbell Copy Share Image
I think what's fun about the fairytales is just seeing what everybody interprets them as, which comes from the different directors and… — Colleen Atwood Copy Share Image
“The whole places looks straight out of a fairy tale, the kind where love is a simple thing, never the cause of… — Holly Black Copy Share Image
In kindergarten that used to be my job, to tell them fairytales. I liked Hans Christian Andersen, and the Grimm fairy tales,… — Francis Ford Coppola Copy Share Image
“Children played at those stories; they dreamed about them. They took them to heart and acted as if to live inside them.” — Gregory Maguire Copy Share Image
I’ve always loved fairytales, and I’ve loved the concept of, um, some of the best parts of a lot of stories are… — Darren Criss Copy Share Image
“All those old myths and legends and fairytales didn't just appear out of nowhere for no good reason, you know.” — H.M. Forester Copy Share Image
“In fairytales, once order is restored, the prince and the princess are married and live happily ever after. In real life, faith… — Anthony Lilles Copy Share Image
“There's nothing deeper than love. In fairytales , the princesses kiss the frogs, and the frogs become princes. In real life, the… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
Romantic comedies seem to take over where the fairytales of childhood left off, feeding our dreams of a soulmate; though, sadly, the… — Mariella Frostrup Copy Share Image
The side of fairytales I don't like is that they always have happy endings, that there's just good and evil, and things… — Angelina Jolie Copy Share Image
“While the archetype of the tinker is generally the whipping person in classical bedtimes stories, this particular individual was a tinker by… — James Finn Garner Copy Share Image
“Fantasy is storytelling with the beguiling power to transform the impossible into the imaginable, and to reveal our own “real” world in… — Leonard S. Marcus Copy Share Image
“If we believe faeries are real, it brings a sense of magic to our very boring, difficult, everyday lives. It gives us… — Daley Downing Copy Share Image
To tell the truth, fairytales have never gone out of style. They have been told and retold for thousands of years, finding… — Kate Forsyth Copy Share Image
“I think I was actually channelling my grandfather,’ she admitted. ‘He lived right out in the woods in this little cottage and… — Emma Jackson Copy Share Image
On just a personal level, since I was little, I've loved fairytales, especially this one, because it is about what goes into… — Brian Wayne Peterson Copy Share Image
“Look at him, lying there. Why should he need me to give him strength--to watch over him, and always be worrying how… — Neil Bartlett Copy Share Image
“The stories we are told as children do, undoubtedly, mark us for life. They are often stories of dark and terrible things,… — Neil Bartlett Copy Share Image
“For a momente she [Gretel] stopped and considered following the rain's advice. But then she shook her head. "You're being foolish," Gretel… — Adam Gidwitz Copy Share Image
“All stories are lessons. Fairy tales have a moral: Stay on the path. Don't trust wolves. Don't steal things, not even things… — Holly Black Copy Share Image
“What I corrupted was what is called the truth in favour of a more marvelous world. I could always improve on the… — Anaïs Nin Copy Share Image
“How can any of us even know what to believe anymore? Our culture’s full of so much phoniness and deception. Companies advertise… — Shannon M Mullen Copy Share Image
In fairytales, when the mask came off, the handsome prince still loved the girl, no matter what -and that alone would turn… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
“Fairytales had more logic holes than the average conversation with a three-year-old” — Debora Geary Copy Share Image
I strongly believe in fairytales, they help me face the tragedies of life. Making films is an answer to the world you… — Alice Rohrwacher Copy Share Image
“The more stories I study, the more I begin to suspect that there is only one story, and that we are, all… — J. Aleksandr Wootton Copy Share Image
“Deep space rendered mortal time-lines inconsequential. Few things were as old, or pervasive, as the vast, encroaching darkness of the universe.” — Nenia Campbell Copy Share Image
“There was something familiar but strange about her - Snow White with a suntan. Cinderella in biker boots. Tough and delicate and… — Allyse Near Copy Share Image
What's wonderful about Into The Woods is that you have a combination of all the most famous fairytales in this one story. — Emily Blunt Copy Share Image
“Happily Single" is recognizing that you don’t need or want to be rescued from your life by a handsome prince because your… — Mandy Hale Copy Share Image
“Fairytales can never be compared to real life, but life can sometimes be like a fairytale.” — iDangs Teen Clash Copy Share Image
“Morning and evening Maids heard the goblins cry: 'Come buy our orchard fruits, Come buy, come buy” — Christina Rossetti Copy Share Image
“His face was a ghost story: graveyard eyes, cheekbones as sharp as urban legends, a sealed-coffin mouth.” — Allyse Near Copy Share Image
“Still, she stood looking fabulous like a princess should, licking her blood red lips the moment she laid her eyes on the… — Cameron Jace Copy Share Image
“There is a kind of truth in everything, even fairytales. In fact, especially in fairytales... The King understood it as he looked… — Elizabeth Hopkinson Copy Share Image
“But I felt like I'd made a journey to the land of fairytales only to find out that the magical world was… — Holly Schindler Copy Share Image
If I had children, as soon as I have them, I'm teaching them everything I know. I don't want to feed you… — Burna Boy Copy Share Image
“I'm sure there's some hexplanation. Within every beast there's always some beauty! It's not fair to assume that anyone is bad before… — Perdita Finn Copy Share Image