Black Elk Quotes

To have dragons one must have change; that is the first principle of dragon lore.

In creating the Harry Potter artwork, I try to bring a certain amount of realism and believability to the characters and setting, but still add an element of wonder and the unknown.

I wouldn't mind turning into a vermilion goldfish.

Do you not see with your own eyes the chrysalis fact assume by degrees the wings of fiction?

I want to ride a unicorn.

Only to a magician is the world forever fluid, infinitely mutable and eternally new. Only he knows the secret of change, only he knows truly that all things are crouched in eagerness to become something else, and it is from this universal tension that he draws his power.

A sight to dream of, not to tell!

And so I am become a knight of the Kingdom of Dreams and Shadows

If there is one ‘constant’ in the structure and theme of the wonder tale, it is transformation.

It's into the same bag as E.T. and Yoda, wherein you're trying to create something that people will actually believe, but it's not so much a symbol of the thing, but you're trying to do the thing itself.

For me, art is make-believe. It's enchantment. It's a fable. I'm enjoying that and playing with it. Of course it's serious, and art is serious, but I'm not going to rarefy it.

Our literary culture is marinated in deep traditions of the fantastic and the supernatural, and we export those rich qualities in films and books on a spectacular industrial scale.

Most of my short stories are fantasy.

Stories had always been told about male genies coming out of bottles, but they were usually fat, old men. Never had the genie been a gorgeous woman, so that idea really appealed to me, and I created the series based on that premise.

To me, a fairy tale seems to have become reality.

Every book that you pick up takes you a step away from your real world, but if you read a book about magic, it takes you an extra two steps.

Pretty much anything you care to imagine can happen in a fantasy, which in turn means you can really crank up the intensity of the tale you're telling.

I definitely love fantasy and would want to be in a fantasy project.

I am a fan of magic and fantasy, particularly when it's grounded in reality.

Dragons and bridges are very much something out of fairy tales and fantasy.

The imaginary world has always been the most fun place for me to be.

In Russia, I pretend to be a lot of princesses and wait for prince. That was my dream.

Storytelling, mythology and film provide a lot of hope but, on the flip side, can also create delusion.

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

I believe in everything until it's disproved. So I believe in fairies, the myths, dragons. It all exists, even if it's in your mind. Who's to say that dreams and nightmares aren't as real as the here and now?