I always felt and still feel that fairy tales have an emotional truth that is so deep that there are few things that really rival them.
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Fairy tales are stories of triumph and transformation and true love, all things I fervently believe in.
What I like about fairy tales is that they highlight the emotions within a story. The situations aren't real, with falling stars and pirates. But what you do relate to is the emotions that the characters feel.
As I read more and more fairy tales as an adult, I found massive collusion between their 'subjects' and those in my fiction: childhood, nature, sexuality, transformation. I realized that it wasn't by accident that I was drawn to their narrative structure and motifs.
As a child, I loved fairy tales because the story, the what-comes-next, is paramount. As an adult, I'm fascinated by their logic and illogic.
What works about fairy tales is that they endure, and the great thing about fairy tales is that you can explore big, epic things that you can't really explore in other situations.
If I'm honest I have to tell you I still read fairy-tales and I like them best of all.
Fairy tales, because they have a very clear structure, are easier to interfere with. Also they have this really weird logic: the kind of logic that you only really experience when you're not feeling very well, or as a child.
I am completely fascinated by the differences and comparisons between real life and fairy tales because we're raised as little girls to think that we're a princess and that Prince Charming is going to sweep us off our feet.
People tend to think of fairy tales as 'archetypal.' They are also extremely sensual, something which translates well over the ages.
Fairy tales to me are never happy, sweet stories. They're moral stories about overcoming the dark side and the bad.
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