And so he was reading the story as if it were a spell and the words of it, spoken aloud, could make magic happen.
Our tree became the talking tree of the fairy tale; legends and stories nestled like birds in its branches.
If I had to read only one author, it would be Gabriel Garcia Marquez because I love the mystical, magical quality of his writing.
I don't want to write for adults. I want to write for readers who can perform miracles. Only children perform miracles when they read.
[ Gil Cates] said, "You've got a point of view with your magic. There's this comedy to it, there's drama. You're telling stories with magic."
The challenge is to write about real things magically.
And truth severe, by fairy fiction drest.
Then clear on a flute of purest gold A sweet little fairy played. And wonderful fairy tales she told and marvelous music made.
It was not once upon a time, but a certain time in history, before anyone knew what was happening, that Walt Disney cast a spell on the fairy tale, and he has held it captive ever since.
I never quite understood why Disney hadn't made a sincere fairy tale since 'Beauty and the Beast.'
Life was more difficult in Inkheart, yet it seemed to Meggie that with every new day Fenoglio's story was spinning a magic spell around her heart, sticky as a spider's web and enchantingly beautiful.
I do like Philip Pullman.And that's an exception because Philip Pullman's books allow magic.
To play someone I loved in my favourite fairytale as a kid is a total honour.
