The more one knows fairy tales the less fantastical they appear; they can be vehicles of the grimmest realism, expressing hope against… — Marina Warner Copy Share Image
The bigger question to ask about 300 is why, for a supposedly rousing tale of heroism, it's so curiously unaffecting. — Stephanie Zacharek Copy Share Image
The Gods and Goddesses of myth, legend and fairy tale represent archetypes, real potencies and potentialities deep within the psyche, which, when… — Margot Adler Copy Share Image
Bullies are often people who are shy and can't make friends easily, so, as the theme of the movie 'A Bronx Tale'… — Philip Zimbardo Copy Share Image
I know the look of an apple that is roasting and sizzling on the hearth on a winter's evening, and I know… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
There was a small wooden gazebo built out over the water; Isabelle was sitting in it, staring out across the lake. She… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
I had to create a children's show, because we wanted the money - and it was, interestingly enough, the first project at… — Richard Cotovsky Copy Share Image
When I was doing 'Tales from Hollywood' at the National, I was invited to dinner by the choreographer, Kenneth MacMillan. He told… — Michael Gambon Copy Share Image
The happy ending of the fairy tale, the myth, and the divine comedy of the soul, is to be read, not as… — Joseph Campbell Copy Share Image
It's not just dead men who tell no tales. Live ones don't have much to say for themselves, either. — Michael Feldman Copy Share Image
“TRUST ADJUST An act that changes perception can elevate or lower integrity” — Kamil Ali Copy Share Image
Harlem is not a playground for rich bankers and consultants. It's got students of all colors. It's got old people who keep… — Marcus Samuelsson Copy Share Image
The sticks break, the stones crumble, The eternal altars tilt and tumble, Sanctions and tales dislimn like mist About the amazed evangelist.… — Robert Louis Stevenson Copy Share Image
If to some my tale seems foolishness I am content that such could count me fool. — Sophocles Copy Share Image
The tales of Elfland do not stand or fall on their actuality but on their truthfulness, their speaking to the human condition,… — Jane Yolen Copy Share Image
After an 18-year career, I left the film industry, not wanting to become one of those child-actor cautionary tales. — Lisa Jakub Copy Share Image
Magical, yes, but THE SNOW CHILD is also satisfyingly realistic in its depiction of 1920s homestead-era Alaska and the people who settled… — Andromeda Romano-Lax Copy Share Image
By nature, a storyteller is a plagiarist. Everything one comes across--each incident, book, novel, life episode, story, person, news clip--is a coffee… — Rabih Alameddine Copy Share Image
Everything is a tale, Martin. What we believe, what we know, what we remember, even what we dream. Everything is a story,… — Carlos Ruiz Zafon Copy Share Image
“Not that length and weight alone indicate excellence; many epic tales are pretty much epic crap.” — Stephen King Copy Share Image
Johnny was sobbing in shuddering gasps, telling me his small tale of woe, that the world was suddently different, and that he… — Juliet Marillier Copy Share Image
At the end of the day, love is such a normal thing, and everyone deals with it. Just because it's a different… — Selena Gomez Copy Share Image
Do you mean to say," asked Caspian, "that you three come from a round world (round like a ball) and you've never… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
