Quotes by : Jane Yolen

Do not expect too much from your child and she will grow in your love... But if you push her too much,....

They [Fairy Tales] are talking about real emotions, telling true stories, through the medium of metaphor.....

A good story is [a] kind of irritant. You read it, then you cannot stop thinking about it. Eventually,....

A book is a wonderful present. Though it may grow worn, it will never grow old.

And at twelve, heading for adulthood, a child fears that the way she is at that moment is all she's ever....

We write not just to show off, not just to tell, or only to have written. We write to know ourselves.....

I contend that good children's stories are always about the Getting of Wisdom. That's another way of....

If we do not laugh, we will cry. Crying will only make us hotter and sweatier. We Jews like to joke about....

In college, I wrote newspaper articles and songs. Then, on my 21st birthday, I sold my first book. It....

The tales of Elfland do not stand or fall on their actuality but on their truthfulness, their speaking....