I never liked Hans Christian Andersen because I knew he was always getting at me. — J. R. R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
Imagine an American Hans Christian Andersen, conceive of the Brothers Grimm living in Missouri, and you will approximate Howard Schwartz, a fable-maker… — Cynthia Ozick Copy Share Image
William Shakespeare was the most remarkable storyteller that the world has ever known. Homer told of adventure and men at war, Sophocles… — Marchette Chute Copy Share Image
“Creators of literary fairy tales from the 17th-century onward include writers whose works are still widely read today: Charles Perrault (17th-century France),… — Terri Windling Copy Share Image
I loved reading Grimm's fairy tales and Hans Christian Andersen, and I loved to dream about other worlds and other lives. Maybe… — Lauren Bacall Copy Share Image
I was born in the kingdom of Denmark, the birthplace of famous Danish fairytale writer, Hans Christian Andersen. His magical stories have… — Morten Andersen Copy Share Image
My grandmother, Amalia Pia Emilia Vignola, whom I called Nonna, brought out the fairy tale in everything. She used to tuck me… — Emilia Wickstead Copy Share Image
I was already committed to a play back in New York about Hans Christian Andersen, where Colleen Dewhurst was going to play… — Christopher Lloyd Copy Share Image
A lot of my reading over the next few months will be the works of Hans Christian Andersen - I have been… — Roger Moore 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
I guess I am running the risk of becoming the Hans Christian Andersen of opera. — Gian Carlo Menotti Copy Share Image
I got interested in reading very early, because a story was read to me, by Hans Christian Andersen, which was 'The Little… — Alice Munro Copy Share Image
“One time I told her that she reminded me of that charming tale, the one with the red shoes." Helen had always… — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
“Have you ever read Hans Christian Andersen’s story of The Little Mermaid, Miranda? Have you ever wanted something so badly that you… — Vanessa Garden Copy Share Image
“Hans Christian Andersen said 'Every man's life is a fairy tale written by God's fingers.' Maybe he was right, maybe not. Either… — Greg F. Gifune Copy Share Image
As a child, my idea of the West was that it was a miasma of poverty and misery, like that of the… — Jung Chang Copy Share Image
Ever heard of anyone executed for distributing copies of Grimm's fairy tales? Imagine people trying to smuggle copies of Hans Christian Andersen's… — Eric Metaxas Copy Share Image
I liked Hans Christian Andersen because the tales were so dark and tragic. — Aimee Bender Copy Share Image
“Fairy tales are about trouble, about getting into and out of it, and trouble seems to be a necessary stage on the… — Rebecca Solnit Copy Share Image
I was brought up, as a lot of kids are, on 'Aesop's Fables,' 'Brothers Grimm,' 'La Fontaine,' all those sorts of things.… — Michael Morpurgo Copy Share Image
