“Jokes are to be enjoyed, not explained. Folktales are to be inspired by, not verified.” — Nauman Faridi Copy Share Image
Things, very strange things, happen in folktales and there is never much attention given to the whys and wherefores. — Marisa Silver Copy Share Image
I've always been fascinated by the grassroots folktale level of a culture, and as a storyteller, I have to follow what seems… — Robin McKinley Copy Share Image
“In these evenings he sat by our beds weaving folktales like vivid little scarves.” — Naomi Shihab Nye Copy Share Image
Once upon a time . . .” “In the beginning was . . .” That’s the way it always starts off. Every… — Steven Tyler Copy Share Image
In The Jack Daniels Sessions, folktales and modern landscapes collide, exploding and reforming in the form of an intriguing and intelligent collection.… — Cat Rambo Copy Share Image
“I see folktales and myths as humankind's first stories. They are a kind of collective dreaming, filled with timeless symbols and images… — Marianna Mayer Copy Share Image
“These were young people having their fun. Old age comes quickly. If you don’t enjoy life at that time, you will never… — Xavior Romearo-Frias Copy Share Image
Not surprisingly, thinkers from groups for whom whiteness was and is a problem have taken the lead in studying whiteness in this… — David Roediger Copy Share Image
“A beverage of leisure is a serious business,” Shane Bowermaster was known to declare. “There can be no product of pleasure without… — Jeff Phillips Copy Share Image
“There were good places and bad places to tell stories and there were of course stories that could not be told in… — Gerald Hausman Copy Share Image
But this is a story, and in a story there is always someone beautiful enough." - 'The Girl with Two Skins' from… — Catherynne M. Valente Copy Share Image
After all, is it not the way we humans shape the universe, shape time itself? Do we not take the raw stuff… — Tad Williams Copy Share Image
While writing 'Cold Mountain,' I held maps of two geographies, two worlds, in my mind as I wrote. One was an early… — Charles Frazier Copy Share Image
“The old folktales from Mexico often have the same beginning. "One day a man met the devil in the road," or "The… — Elise Forier Edie Copy Share Image
“A storm in Scotland was like nothing she'd ever experienced in London. Here, the elements felt alive, sentient. This storm was a… — Karen Ranney Copy Share Image
“Finally, I’d say to anyone who wants to tell these tales, don’t be afraid to be superstitious. If you have a lucky… — Philip Pullman Copy Share Image
The protagonist of folktale is always, and intensely, a young person moving through ordeals into adult life. . . . and this… — Jill Paton Walsh Copy Share Image
Once upon a time, I thought faeries lived only in books, old folktales, and the past. That was before they burst upon… — Brian Froud Copy Share Image
History, mythology, and folktales are filled with stories of people punished for saying the truth. Only the Fool, exempt from society's rules,… — Jane Hirshfield Copy Share Image
“Everybody knew that Theodore Dinkins was dead. But Theodore Dinkins sat on the graveyard fence and said that he was not; and… — John Bennett Copy Share Image
