One of the best things about folklore and fairy tales is that the best fantasy is what you find right around the corner, in this world. That's where the old stuff came from.
From Terri Windling
I'm also looking for gems that the average reader might have missed.
Filmmaking can be a fine art.
My book collection is primarily in America, since that's where I've lived most of my life.
A good novel editor is invisible.
I'd had no particular interest in the Southwest at all as a young girl, and I was completely surprised that the desert stole my heart to the extent it did.
Read the folklore masters. Go to galleries. Walk in the woods. That's what you need to be an artist or storyteller.
What I find interesting about folklore is the dialogue it gives us with storytellers from centuries past.
In more recent years, I've become more and more fascinated with the indigenous folklore of this land, Native American folklore, and also Hispanic folklore now that I live in the Southwest.
There have been a number of us working very, very hard to bring myth and fairy tales into public consciousness, through fantasy literature and other media. I hope we're succeeding in some small way.
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