“Rites–of–passage stories…were cherished in pre–literate societies not only for their entertainment value, but also as mythic tools to prepare young men and women for life’s ordeals. A wealth of such stories can be found marking each major transition in the… — Terri Windling Copy Share Image
“I've been very influenced by folklore, fairy tales, and folk ballads, so I love all the classic works based on these things -- like George Macdonald 's 19th century fairy stories, the fairy poetry of W.B. Yeats , and Sylvia Townsend Warner 's splendid book The Kingdoms of Elfin . (I think that particular book of hers wasn't published until… — Terri Windling Copy Share
“Don’t be afraid to be weird, don’t be afraid to be different, don’t worry too much about what other people think. Whatever it is… — Terri Windling Copy Share Image
“In England in the 19th century, advances in printing methods, combined with the rise of a prosperous middle class, engendered a booming new industry… — Terri Windling 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
“Lately, because computer technology has made self-publishing an easier and less expensive venture, I'm getting a lot of review copies of amateur books by writers who would be better advised to hone their craft before committing it to print. The best thing you can do as a beginning writer is to write, write, write - and read, read, read. Concentrating… — Terri Windling Copy Share
“I am awfully greedy; I want everything from life," said Simone de Beauvoir. "I want to be a woman and to be a man, to have many friends and to have loneliness, to work much and write good books, to travel and enjoy myself, to be selfish and to be unselfish….You see, it is difficult to get all which I… — Terri Windling Copy Share
“I wish I could have known Barbara Bodichon -- and her whole vibrant circle of smart, fearless women friends. I'd like to gather them… — Terri Windling Copy Share Image
“Twelve years ago I left Boston and New York, and moved east and west at the same time. East, to a little village in Devon, England, a town I’ve been familiar with for years, since my friends Brian and Wendy Froud and Alan Lee all live there. It had long been my dream to live in England, so I finally… — Terri Windling Copy Share
“I lived in New York City back in the 1980s, which is when the Bordertown series was created. New York was a different place then -- dirtier, edgier, more dangerous, but also in some ways more exciting. The downtown music scene was exploding -- punk and folk music were everywhere -- and it wasn't as expensive to live there then,… — Terri Windling Copy Share
“Border crossing' is a recurrent theme in all aspects of my work -- editing, writing, and painting. I'm interested in the various ways artists not only cross borders but also subvert them. In mythology, the old Trickster figure Coyote is a champion border crosser, mischievously dashing from the land of the living to the land of the dead, from the… — Terri Windling Copy Share
My book collection is primarily in America, since that's where I've lived most of my life. — Terri Windling Copy Share Image
