Chance Quote by Philip Pullman

The great thing about fairy tales and folk tales is that there is no authentic text.

— Philip Pullman

I have been writing fairy tales for as long as I can remember. Not much has changed in terms of my natural attraction to…

— Kate Bernheimer

Because the great thing about fairy tales and folk tales is that there is no authentic text. It's not like the text of Paradise…

— Philip Pullman

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

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

— Terri Windling

I was a great reader of fairy tales. I tried to read the entire fairy tale section of the library.

— Beverly Cleary

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

“Over the last three centuries our historical reception of folk and fairy tales has been so negatively twisted by aesthetic norms, educational standards and…

— Jack Zipes

“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

Fairy tales and folk tales have always played a role in my writing in one way or another.

— Linn Ullmann

Folk tales are my favourite form of story telling. They not only just adjust the reader according to the world it is introducing the…

— Shweta Basu Prasad

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

— Terri Windling