About Quote by Terri Windling

At its best, fantasy rewards the reader with a sense of wonder about what lies within the heart of the commonplace world. The greatest…

— Patricia A. McKillip

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

— Terri Windling

Folklore is always changing and evolving for new audiences.

— Tomm Moore

Fairy tales and myths are forms of cultural storage for the natural history of life.

— William Irwin Thompson

Fairy-tales are nice.

— Syd Barrett

“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

Folklore, legends, myths and fairy tales have followed childhood through the ages, for every healthy youngster has a wholesome and instinctive love for stories…

— L. Frank Baum

I do a lot of urban fantasy, which is modern-day cities, but you've got magic, you've got fairies running around, or cryptozoological creatures running…

— Seanan McGuire

“All those old myths and legends and fairytales didn't just appear out of nowhere for no good reason, you know. They came about because…

— H.M. Forester

I’ve always loved fairytales, and I’ve loved the concept of, um, some of the best parts of a lot of stories are the beginning.

— Darren Criss

Why are so many of us enspelled by myths and folk stories in this modern age? Why do we continue to tell the same…

— Terri Windling

Folklore used to be passed by word of mouth, from one generation to the next; that's what makes it folklore, as opposed to, say,…

— Jill Lepore