Animals Quote by Joseph Jacobs

What works about fairy tales is that they endure, and the great thing about fairy tales is that you can explore big, epic things…

— Gary Ross

Fairy tales are about money, marriage, and men. They are the maps and manuals that are passed down from mothers and grandmothers to help…

— Marina Warner

People tend to think of fairy tales as 'archetypal.' They are also extremely sensual, something which translates well over the ages.

— Kate Bernheimer

Fairy tales and mythology have always been an exaggerated distillation of the real world. Think of them as blueprints for how to deal with…

— Charles de Lint

“After a childhood reading fairy tales and myths, is it any wonder that when I began to write my own stories I included fairy…

— Elizabeth Hoyt

I love fairy tales because I think that behind fairy tales, there is always a meaning.

— Monica Bellucci

I love fairy tales because of their haunting beauty and magical strangeness. They are set in worlds where anything can happen. Frogs can be…

— Kate Forsyth

The narrative of so many fairy tales are timeless in so many different cultures, and they have been since the dawn of man. They…

— Lily Cole

Fairy tales are experienced by their hearers and readers, not as realistic, but as symbolic poetry.

— Max Luthi

The great thing about fairy tales and myths is that they go beyond character. They're not about character. They're about more basic things. They're…

— Neil Jordan

So there are different examples of fairy tales, and sometimes I believe in them and sometimes I don't.

— Taylor Swift

I believe in elves and giants. I believe that fairy tales are nothing more than news reports of what once happened.

— Sondra Locke