Terri Windling Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

“One of the best things about folklore and fairy tales is that the best fantasy is what you find right around the corner, in this world. That's where the old stuff came from.”

“I'd had no particular interest in the Southwest at all as a young girl, and I was completely surprised that the desert stole my heart to the extent it did.”

“Read the folklore masters. Go to galleries. Walk in the woods. That's what you need to be an artist or storyteller.”

“In more recent years, I've become more and more fascinated with the indigenous folklore of this land, Native American folklore, and also Hispanic folklore now that I live in the Southwest.”

“Filmmaking can be a fine art.”

“Magic Realism is not new. The label's new, the specific Latin American form of it is new, its modern popularity is new, but it's been around as long as literature has been around.”

“I have a great respect for the academics who are working with the source material. My hat's off to them.”

“I'm also looking for gems that the average reader might have missed.”

“My book collection is primarily in America, since that's where I've lived most of my life.”

“What I find interesting about folklore is the dialogue it gives us with storytellers from centuries past.”