Fairy Tale Quotes - Page 5

I've always loved fairy tales and magic - especially twisting them on their ears and poor trolls have always had such a bad rep.

Novels are to love as fairy tales to dreams.

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

You perceive, do you not, that our national fairy tales reflect the inmost desires of the Briton and the Gaul?

Whenever Disney asks if you want to do a fairy tale musical, you say yes.

To insist on one's place in the scheme of things and to live up to that place.To empower others in their reaching for some place in the scheme of things.To do these things is to make fairy tales come true.

Do you believe in fairy tales?" "What...what kind of fairy tales?" "The kind you aren't supposed to waste your life on.

Science Fiction: fairy tales for nerds.

Actually everybody has a story, a fairy tale in their heart that they adhere to.

Disney is a huge presence when it comes to fairy tales because he’s made of them such brilliant artifacts in terms of movie-making. But it’s very hard to ignore what he’s done to them. I'm not interested in denigrating Disney or even commenting on him very much. I'm more interested in seeing what I can do with the stories myself.

The great thing about fairy tales and folk tales is that there is no authentic text.

The great thing about fairy tales and myths is that they go beyond character. They're not about character. They're about more basic things. They're about basic fears or longings or desires or fantasies, and stuff like that.

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

I want to believe in the fairy tale.

My inspiration is my life, what I see happening around me. It can be history and, quite often, plain traditional fairy tales. But I never adapt; I nourish myself with old stories, and then create my own tales.

Fairy tales are my natural language. I feel at ease telling fairy tales like a fish feels in water. I am totally free.

It was not a happy ending of the sort in fairy tales, but it was the only one we had.

And in what fairy tale would John ever be any sane person's idea of Prince Charming anyway? He was the opposite of charming. More like Prince Terrifying.

My family was big on sharing. I guess it was just the way I was brought up. Or maybe, I read those fairy tales in which one good turn elicits another. But in writing, yes, some older writers were kind to me when I was young; although some others were not.

I am very much interested in fairy tales. I guess that most of the films I like to do have this kind of aspect.

In the fairy tale you mentioned last night, I would probably be the villain. But it's possible the villain would treat you far better than the prince would have.

I think the big thing is the fairy tale. It's taking old folk fairy tales and retelling them in modern day. I think it's just taking you out of everyday life, and everyone loves a good fairy tale.

I'm not sure if it's fair to call it a "fairy tale," but I really loved Mulan, the Disney film. It was my favorite. I guess it's not really a fairy tale, but you do get Eddie Murphy as a dragon.

Having a magical element in a realistic setting without explanation seems to me to be the hallmark of fairy tales, which present us with a kind of metaphorical look at some aspect of our lives.

The biggest fairy tale is that justice works because it doesn't.