Quotes by : Terri Windling

Why are so many of us enspelled by myths and folk stories in this modern age? Why do we continue to tell....

Filmmaking can be a fine art.

Though now we think of fairy tales as stories intended for very young children, this is a relatively....

To most people today, the name Snow White evokes visions of dwarfs whistling as they work, and a wide–eyed,....

So let us praise the distinctive pleasures of re-reading: that particular shiver of anticipation as you....

Rites–of–passage stories…were cherished in pre–literate societies not only for their entertainment....

Once upon a time, they say, there was a girl...there was a boy...there was a person who was in trouble.....

These days I live in a magical little village on Dartmoor in Devon, England, and my "special spot" is....

Silence is another element we find in classic fairy tales — girls muted by magic or sworn to silence....

Fairy tales for adult readers remained popular throughout Europe well into the 19th century — particularly....