Gotthold Ephraim Lessing Quotes

I will always have a soft spot for 'East of the Sun, West of the Moon,' which I discovered just at the age when I was beginning to enjoy the darkness in fairy tales but still wanted a story where the good guys win.

It is good for children to find themselves facing the elements of a fairy tale - they are well-equipped to deal with these

I love fantasy. I grew up reading fantasy.

As a kid, I loved any fantasy.

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

I grew up with a lot of fairy tales. And they had an essence of darkness to them.

I have a daughter, and fairies meant a lot to her growing up.

I loved fairy tales as a kid, so that's where my mind gravitates.

Artless fairy stories enchant us in our first years and retain their hold on us until our last.

I love fairy tales.

There is a child in every man, and that's why larger-than-life stories which have a fairly tale component will work.

Fairy tales have always got to have something a bit scary for children - as long as you make them laugh as well.

I don't think you ever outgrow your love for things that are bigger than life and more colorful than the average life. And somehow I feel that these comic book stories are like fairy tales for older people, because they have the same qualities.

You and I who still enjoy fairy tales have less reason to wish actual childhood back. We have kept its pleasures and added some grown-up ones as well.

Well, Company of Wolves was about that literally, about fairy tales.

If I'm honest I have to tell you I still read fairy-tales and I like them best of all.

I think storytelling is all about children. We human beings love to hear stories being told - and it first happens when you're a kid.

In kindergarten that used to be my job, to tell them fairytales. I liked Hans Christian Andersen, and the Grimm fairy tales, all the classic fairy tales.

When I was little, I made up my own fairy tales, and the ghostly echo of 'Once upon a time' shapes all the fiction I've ever written.

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.

Not all of E. Nesbit's children's books are fantasies, but even the most realistic somehow seem magical. In her holiday world, nobody ever goes to school, though all the kids know their English history, Greek myths, and classic tales of derring-do.

Fairy-tales are nice.

Fairy tales were important to me. Aren't they for any kid? My sister says I spent a good five years of my youth convinced I would grow up to be a princess.

Do you believe in fairies? Say quick that you believe. If you believe, clap your hands!

I feel like my imagination was crafted by Tolkien. He seemed to tap into that childhood intrigue of secret doors and hidden worlds.