Clive Barker Quotes

People tend to think of fairy tales as 'archetypal.' They are also extremely sensual, something which translates well over the ages.

The narrative of so many fairy tales are timeless in so many different cultures, and they have been since the dawn of man. They represent escapism, but they all feature themes that have such poignancy in a modern world.

I really respect and admire Tolkien. I think he was the most honest of the Romantics.

Each time I'm starting to work on a film, even if I love to settle the plot in the real world, I start to think about the plot as a fairy tale, or a dream, or a nightmare... As if it was the best way to tell the truth about characters or narration, instead of realism.

I love fantasy. I grew up reading fantasy.

What better way to expand your imagination than to read!

My interest in fantasy began pretty much when I started to read.

No matter what you write, you actually can't help retelling a fairy tale somewhere along the way.

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.

Perhaps fantasy offers imaginative escapism more than other genres.

I believe excellent fantasy reflects us all, and yes, it can use those myths that underpin societies, our subconscious yearnings and longings, and perhaps our barren spirituality.

Even the worst book can give us something to think about.

Here's the thing, for me at least: this is a huge genre now. It wasn't always so. Not so many years ago, it wasn't so. There is a tremendous diversity in fantasy today.

I was someone who really loved fantasy novels and science fiction novels.

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

I am attracted to myths.

I don't feel there's a difference between the real world and the fairy-tale world. They contain psychological truths and, I guess, projections of what the culture that tells them thinks about various things: men, women, aging, dying - the most basic aspects of being human.

Fairy tales and folk tales have always played a role in my writing in one way or another.

I have been writing fairy tales for as long as I can remember. Not much has changed in terms of my natural attraction to the narrative techniques of fairy tales. My appreciation of them in the traditional stories has deepened, especially of flat and unadorned language, intuitive logic, abstraction, and everyday magic.

Tolkien didn't just write 'The Hobbit,' he created a whole world.

I grew up reading a lot of fantasy/sci-fi.

I've never turned into a bee - I've never been chased by a mummy or met a ghost. But many of the ideas in my books are suggested by real life.

I believe in fairy tales. They are the basis of all our performance of storytelling and film-making - when we twist the real events of the world into something that offers us hope - and I believe in that.

At the end of the day, it's about the reader's attachment to and belief in the magical elements that make or break magical realism.

I believe that hunger for a 'lost dimension' of experience is a natural yearning in all of us, and it doesn't go away just because we ignore it. It is evidenced among other places in the millions of children and adults who obsessively read the 'Harry Potter' books. It is said that fiction is where someone gets to tell the truth.