I began to believe the fairy tales: You know, how we're all out there looking for our magical missing half.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Fairy tales are stories of triumph and transformation and true love, all things I fervently believe in.
Artless fairy stories enchant us in our first years and retain their hold on us until our last.
As a reader, coming to my reading as a writer immersed in fairytales, I can't help but notice in so many stories, plays, poems that I read, the sort of breadcrumbs of fairytale techniques, so I'm very excited when I notice that.
Fairy-tales are nice.
I don't know what to think about magic and fairy tales.
The original fairy tale was about the youngest sister going into a room in the castle and finding all the bodies of the wives that came before her - she is confronted with truth, thinking about how often we think we know people and we really don't.
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.
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.
If you want to tell grown-up fairy tales, you have to look for the dark side.
Obsessed by a fairy tale, we spend our lives searching for a magic door and a lost kingdom of peace.