Terri Windling

“I've been very influenced by folklore, fairy tales, and folk ballads, so I love all the classic works based on these things…

— Terri Windling

“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…

— Terri Windling

“In England in the 19th century, advances in printing methods, combined with the rise of a prosperous middle class, engendered a booming…

— Terri Windling

What I find interesting about folklore is the dialogue it gives us with storytellers from centuries past.

— Terri Windling

“Lately, because computer technology has made self-publishing an easier and less expensive venture, I'm getting a lot of review copies of amateur…

— Terri Windling

“I am awfully greedy; I want everything from life," said Simone de Beauvoir. "I want to be a woman and to be…

— Terri Windling

“I wish I could have known Barbara Bodichon -- and her whole vibrant circle of smart, fearless women friends. I'd like to…

— Terri Windling

“Twelve years ago I left Boston and New York, and moved east and west at the same time. East, to a little…

— Terri Windling

“I lived in New York City back in the 1980s, which is when the Bordertown series was created. New York was a…

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“Border crossing' is a recurrent theme in all aspects of my work -- editing, writing, and painting. I'm interested in the various…

— Terri Windling

A good novel editor is invisible.

— Terri Windling

My book collection is primarily in America, since that's where I've lived most of my life.

— Terri Windling

“Trickster foxes appear in old stories gathered from countries and cultures all over the world -- including Aesop's Fables from ancient Greece,…

— Terri Windling

“Creators of literary fairy tales from the 17th-century onward include writers whose works are still widely read today: Charles Perrault (17th-century France),…

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“Oh, don't get me started! I love fantasy, I read it for pleasure, even after all these years. Pat McKillip, Ursula Le…

— Terri Windling

I'm an artist, I'm not an academic folklorist.

— Terri Windling

We’re all misfits herefrom our weirdnesses and our differences, from our manic fixations, our obsessions, our passions. From all those wild and…

— Terri Windling

“New York always feels more like my hometown than the places where I actually grew up (which weren't far from New York),…

— Terri Windling

The simple truth is that being a creative artist takes courage; it’s not a job for the faint of heart. It takes…

— Terri Windling

Though now we think of fairy tales as stories intended for very young children, this is a relatively modern idea. In the…

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We''re all misfits here,” he says, almost proudly. “That's why I started this squat, after all. For people like us, who don't…

— Terri Windling

I'd like to encourage people to please keep reading-and most importantly, to please keep trying new writers. The only way we can…

— Terri Windling

I like Celtic folk music, Native American music, and any kind of early music. There isn't a lot of music that I…

— Terri Windling

I divide my time between homes in Arizona and England, six months a year in each place.

— Terri Windling

“Snow-melt in the stream: Mama Nature turning winter's storms into nourishment for the soil, fecundity, and beauty. This is what I must…

— Terri Windling