“If there is a single person at the nexus of fantasy literature, it is Terri Windling -- as editor, as writer, as… — Jane Yolen Copy Share Image
Childrens books change lives. Stories pour into the hearts of children and help make them what they become. — Jane Yolen Copy Share Image
Love the writing, love the writing, love the writing... the rest will follow. — Jane Yolen Copy Share Image
A book is a wonderful present. Though it may grow worn, it will never grow old. — Jane Yolen Copy Share Image
Literature is a textually transmitted disease, normally contracted in childhood. — Jane Yolen Copy Share Image
It's never perfect when I write it down the first time, or the second time, or the fifth time. But it always… — Jane Yolen Copy Share Image
Write, write, and write some more. Think of writing as a muscle that needs lots of exercise. — Jane Yolen Copy Share Image
“Papa wasn't like them, with lines like cursive writing up and down their faces.” — Jane Yolen Copy Share Image
Get up from your desk and wander outside occasionally. To be a good writer one needs to be a good observer, and… — Jane Yolen Copy Share Image
Readers re-create any story to suit their own needs. They re-clothe the story in their own shirts. Put simply: just as we… — Jane Yolen Copy Share Image
All writers write about themselves, just as the old storytellers chose to tell stories that spoke to and about themselves. They call… — Jane Yolen Copy Share Image
Exercise the writing muscle every day, even if it is only a letter, notes, a title list, a character sketch, a journal… — Jane Yolen Copy Share Image
What makes a good book? Scholars and critics have been debating that question for decades. I like books that touch my head… — Jane Yolen Copy Share Image
Just write. If you have to make a choice, if you say, 'Oh well, I'm going to put the writing away until… — Jane Yolen Copy Share Image
“1. Write every day 2. Write what interests you. 3. Write for the child inside of you. (Or the adult, if you… — Jane Yolen Copy Share Image
“Part of her revolted against the insanity of the rules. Part of her was grateful. In a world of chaos, any guidelines helped. And… — Jane Yolen Copy Share
“Cinderella, until lately, has never been a passive dreamer waiting for rescue. The forerunners of the Ash-girl have all been hardy, active heroines who… — Jane Yolen Copy Share
Stories," he'd said, his voice low and almost husky, "we are made up of stories. And even the one's that seem the most like… — Jane Yolen Copy Share
Love the writing, love the writing, love the writing... the rest will follow. — Jane Yolen Copy Share
Just write. If you have to make a choice, if you say, 'Oh well, I'm going to put the writing away until my children… — Jane Yolen Copy Share
A child who can love the oddities of a fantasy book cannot possibly be xenophobic as an adult. What is a different color, a… — Jane Yolen Copy Share
“1. Write every day 2. Write what interests you. 3. Write for the child inside of you. (Or the adult, if you are writing… — Jane Yolen Copy Share
What is a vow... but the mouth repeating what the heart has already promised? — Jane Yolen Copy Share
A mist. A great mist. It covered the entire kingdom. And everyone in it - the good people and the not so good, the… — Jane Yolen Copy Share
Readers re-create any story to suit their own needs. They re-clothe the story in their own shirts. Put simply: just as we write the… — Jane Yolen Copy Share
We all have such stories. It is a brutal arithmetic. But I - I am alive. You are alive. As long as we breathe,… — Jane Yolen Copy Share
Ideas are the cheapest part of the writing. They are free. The hard part is what you do with ideas you've gathered. — Jane Yolen Copy Share
“As I thought about endings and – being a lover of fairy tales – I knew immediately that the deeply rooted last line in… — Jane Yolen Copy Share
Get up from your desk and wander outside occasionally. To be a good writer one needs to be a good observer, and there isn't… — Jane Yolen Copy Share
