All kinds Quote by Alice Hoffman

Stories ought not to be just little bits of fantasy that are used to wile away an idle hour; from the beginning of the…

— Joan Aiken

For most of human history, 'literature,' both fiction and poetry, has been narrated, not written — heard, not read. So fairy tales, folk tales,…

— Angela Carter

Independently of the curious circumstance that such tales should be found existing in very different countries and languages, which augurs a greater poverty of…

— Walter Scott

It wasn't that there weren't menfolk in my grandmother's stories. There were lots of them but they died young or were drifters and dreamers…

— Sue Hubbell

“The rise of the beauty myth was just one of several emerging social fictions that masqueraded as natural components of the feminine sphere, the…

— Naomi Wolf

“A new legend swept Oregon, from Roseburg all the way north to the Columbia, from the mountains to the sea. It traveled by letter…

— David Brin

“Ever since Eliza had discovered the book of fairy tales . . . had disappeared inside its faded pages, she'd understood the power of…

— Kate Morton

“These women with their feminine wisdom had always been suspect to men. They knew potions and herbs; they touched women in indecent spots; and…

— Oliver Pötzsch

Witches is being sold as an account of the Belvoir scandals, but in truth, Tracy Borman has written a thorough and beautifully researched social…

— Bella Bathurst

“There were two things about this particular book ( The Golden Book of Fairy Tales ) that made it vital to the child I…

— Terri Windling

“The part of the tradition that I knew best was mostly written (or rewritten for children) in England and northern Europe. The principal characters…

— Ursula K. Le Guin

She told fortunes for a living. It's a wacky book and was great fun to write. It is very much a look at what…

— Colleen McCullough