Children played at those stories; they dreamed about them…

I knew from the age of 16 that I wanted to be a writer because I just didn't think I could do anything else.…

— Paul Auster

When we were children we played on the street - on tarmac and things like that.

— Diego Simeone

“The trees had stripped down to their black bones and had heaped leaves in drifts against hedges and walls. Children played amongst them, tossing…

— J.L. Carr

Anthropologists say that in every culture in history, children have played the game hide and seek.

— Rob Brezsny

In the Seventies, my children played in the street, read politically incorrect stories, ate home-cooked food and occasional junk and, yes, were sometimes smacked.

— Laurie Graham

“As children, we played hide and seek with one another, as adults with ourselves.”

— Yahia Lababidi

Children who played outside every day, regrdless of weather, had better motor coordination and more ability to concentrate.

— Richard Louv

Fairytales were never really meant for children; they were meant as cautionary tales for teenagers on the verge of growing up.

— Kate Forsyth

So Cinderella.. You've lost yourself in fairytales, Twinkle, twinkle fallingstar, Pull yourself together and don't fall apart. You're so Cinderella, You've lost yourself in…

— Jasmine Laura

“But fairytales were, at best, dirty mirrors whose warped and pitted surfaces reflected a highly distorted view of the truth, quite different from reality.”

— Nenia Campbell

I believe in music the same way people believe in fairytales

— Anonymous

I was obsessed with fairytales, and I was a very, very inquisitive kid, and I would ask my mom all kinds of questions. It…

— Chris Colfer

“ The Prodigal Son They gave the deep end of their heart--a hue of crimson red, They whispered their desire and offered up their…

— Shannon L. Alder

Music IS my Fairytale

— Jamie Leah

I was alone as a child. I lived in fairytales, adventures, Shakespeare. They are the friends, my books.

— Alejandro Jodorowsky