I've had a lifelong obsession with urban legends and American folklore. — Eric Kripke Copy Share Image
Folklore is the boiled-down juice, or pot-likker, of human living. — Zora Neale Hurston Copy Share Image
Folklore is a collection of ridiculous notions held by other people, but not by you and me. — Margaret Halsey Copy Share Image
“We thought it was drops of dew and kissed cold tears from the crossgrass.” — Jónas Hallgrímsson Copy Share Image
My academic identity is that of a folklorist, and for many years I have taught only folklore courses. — Alan Dundes Copy Share Image
“I am a master of folklore - I should be able to throw folklore fireballs or something.” — Michael R. Underwood Copy Share Image
“I'm Liam of Erinthia. I'm here to rescue you ... And You are not Cinderella. You are a tree branch wrapped in… — Christopher Healy Copy Share Image
Read the folklore masters. Go to galleries. Walk in the woods. That's what you need to be an artist or storyteller. — Terri Windling Copy Share Image
“The Folklore process is like playing a centuries-long game of "telephone.” — Dana M. Baird Copy Share Image
“A lack of communication with horses has impeded human progress, said Abrenuncio. If we ever broke down the barriers, we could produce… — Gabriel García Márquez Copy Share Image
It is important to recognize that folklore is not simply a way of obtaining available date about identity for social scientists; it… — Alan Dundes Copy Share Image
Forget about your folklore. I can take a few inspirations, but I can certainly not do an homage. That's not my trip.… — Karl Lagerfeld Copy Share Image
I get a lot of inspiration from research in mythology and folklore. I find that, you know, stories people told each other… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
The fact that I seem to prefer seals over any other animal brides is something I hadn't actually realized until this moment.… — Delia Sherman Copy Share Image
“Lost… What if all of the folklore elements your grandfather spoke of—actually were? What if there was only a paper thin separation… — Troy T. Tabor Copy Share Image
I have never wanted to check out the family folklore that we could be traced back to a dominie at the hamlet… — James Black Copy Share Image
A lot of my stories are inspired by Japanese folklore or literature or movies: I've done stories based on Kabuki and Noh… — Stan Sakai Copy Share Image
Cosmic terror appears as an ingredient of the earliest folklore of all races and is crystallised in the most archaic ballads, chronicles,… — H. P. Lovecraft Copy Share Image
People get overwhelmed with folklore as fact. Take the Exodus. The Exodus did not occur. It could not have occurred. Wasn't necessary… — John Henrik Clarke Copy Share Image
I wasn't into Tolkien at school really. But the story is timeless, the themes that it touches on are contained in cultures… — Billy Boyd Copy Share Image
A professional entertainer who allows himself to become known as a singer of folk songs is bound to have trouble with his… — Sam Hinton Copy Share Image
I think being raised within a Mexican Catholic family made magical realism a very natural part of who I am as a… — Daniel Olivas Copy Share Image
As I travel the world, it seems that younger people identify me merely with some of the folklore in the 'Chuck Norris… — Chuck Norris Copy Share Image
“Why has not England a great mythology? Our folklore has never advanced beyond daintiness, and the greater melodies about our country-side have… — E. M. Forster Copy Share Image
There are two kinds of truth; the truth that lights the way and the truth that warms the heart. The first of… — Raymond Chandler Copy Share Image
Every country in the world loved the folklore of the West--the music, the dress, the excitement, everything that was associated with the… — John Wayne Copy Share Image
“It was Stevenson, I think, who most notably that there are some places that simply demand a story should be told of… — Mark Valentine Copy Share Image
“The Seer's Map by Stewart Stafford Howling dog, thou cursèd hound, Plaguest thy master with baleful sound, The cur's yelps taint the… — Stewart Stafford Copy Share Image
“Ever since I first read Midori Snyder’s essay, ‘ The Armless Maiden and the Hero’s Journey ’ in The Journal of Mythic… — Karen Mahoney Copy Share Image
“How different this world to the one about which I used to read, and in which I used to live! This is… — Wirt Gerrare Copy Share Image
“I really love folklore. I had read a lot of faerie folklore that informed the books I wrote. I also really love… — Holly Black Copy Share Image
“It must be understood that in some cases the process by which a god or goddess degenerates into a fairy may occupy… — Lewis Spence Copy Share Image
“Often I felt that these men were play-acting: the unreality of their role was their security, even their own destinies were to… — Halldór Laxness Copy Share Image
“My view of writing "Coldest Girl in Coldtown" was to take every single thing that I loved from every vampire book I… — Holly Black Copy Share Image
“He threw the knife at Karian’s face, deliberately catching his temple. “Sons of Kings shouldn’t play with sharp toys.” — Tracey-anne McCartney Copy Share Image
What I find interesting about folklore is the dialogue it gives us with storytellers from centuries past. — Terri Windling Copy Share Image
![“I really love folklore. I had read a lot of faerie folklore that informed the books I wrote. I also really love vampire folklore; my eighth grade research paper was on [it]. [With this project,] it was really helpful to think about the way you can use language. When you're writing about faeries…” quote by Holly Black](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/761/holly-black-329_books_i-really-love-folklore-i-had-read-a-lot_844280.png)
