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But are not the dreams of poets and the tales of travellers notoriously false?
I am not a storyteller . . . not like the others. I only have one tale to tell.
I have no time to explain now. It is a thrilling tale, I wish to do it justice.
If to some my tale seems foolishness I am content that such could count me fool.
A touch of science, even bogus science, gives an edge to the superstitious tale.
I grew up with a lot of fairy tales. And they had an essence of darkness to them.
Apparently I'm well-known for my stories, my raconteur tales, that sort of thing.
Nobody has any conscience about adding to the improbabilities of a marvelous tale.
One tell-tale sign of a Wingnut: they always confuse partisanship with patriotism.
Maybe it's a tired tale, but without an education, you're not going to go anywhere.
Fairy tales only happen in movies." -George Melies from The Invention of Hugo Cabret
Fairy tales and folk tales are part of the DNA of all stories and great fun to write.
I got into the genesis of Star Wars, and the tale seemed to me endlessly fascinating.
I like being scared, so I've always liked fairy tales because they're kind of creepy.
It is my childhood dream to have a Christian-style wedding, just like the fairy tales.
I became a writer, a teller of tales, because otherwise I would have died... or worse.
I love fairy tales because I think that behind fairy tales, there is always a meaning.
Folk tales, which are usually written for children, become a bigger lesson for adults.
Is there anything more tedious than the often repeated tales of the old and forgetful?
I can tell you all kinds of moral tales, but fashion and reality are vaguely different.
Folk tales are the most authentic way of understanding a region, its legend and people.
What they don't know is that I went over the edge years ago, and lived to tell the tale.
He who always prefaces his tale with laughter, is poised between impertinence and folly.
The square is your friend. Behind every missed lay-up is a tale of the square neglected.
I love all that stuff like 'Tales From The Crypt,' 'Twlight Zone,' and 'Amazing Stories.'
Fairy tales and folk tales have always played a role in my writing in one way or another.
Fairly tales are myths, and myths are only myths because there's a grain of truth in them.
Whether histories have a happy ending or not depends on when the chronicler ends the tale.
For pines are gossip pines the wide world through And full of runic tales to sigh or sing.
Look at Jane Austen. Her characters derive in a reasonably straight line from fairy tales.
You stand beneath the arthritic boughs of any English oak, and you survey a thousand tales.
If history is deprived of the Truth, we are left with nothing but an idle, unprofitable tale.
For my teachers, unfortunately, certain things were, as they are for you, only tales of power
I am thrilled to get the chance to write comics - and to tell Forgotten Realms tales, to boot!
We often see a temper of the times connection, and it's just like a fairy tale. It's not true.
On that other novels followed: but I still wrote fairy tales and dreamy poems of another world.
I had to grow up fast because we know it's not all fairy tales out there; it's full of rubbish.
A good tale evil told were better untold, and an evil take well told need none other solicitor.
Whether this tale be true or false, none can tell, for none were there to witness it themselves.
It's not just dead men who tell no tales. Live ones don't have much to say for themselves, either.
I was a great reader of fairy tales. I tried to read the entire fairy tale section of the library.
I acquired a hunger for fairy tales in the dark days of blackout and blitz in the second world war.
Though the Grimms kept about 100 of the tales from the first edition, they changed them a good deal.
The teller of a mirthful tale has latitude allowed him. We are content with less than absolute truth.
Fairy tales are stories of triumph and transformation and true love, all things I fervently believe in.
Fairy tales read before bed tend to make me dream. They're all quite violent stories, as are my dreams.
I'm a great believer in fairy tales. I think it is important to have something you can lose yourself in.
Fairy Tales always have a happy ending.' That depends... on whether you are Rumpelstiltskin or the Queen.
All of my work is influenced by fairy tales, and I hope my work shows Hans Christian Anderson's influence.
I think people should read fairy tales, because we're hungry for a mythology that will speak to our fears.