I wanted to be a scientist. But I had no math skills. Terri Windling More Quotes by Terri Windling More Quotes From Terri Windling When I was younger, I was in love with everything about the British Isles, from British folklore to Celtic music. That was always where my passions were as a young girl, and so I studied folklore as a college student in England and Ireland. Terri Windling passiongirllove When I started in the business, there was a thing called adult fantasy, but nobody quite knew what it was, and most publishers didn't have an adult fantasy list. They had science fiction lists, which they stuck a little bit of fantasy into. Terri Windling adultsbusinessfiction Though now we think of fairy tales as stories intended for very young children, this is a relatively modern idea. In the oral tradition, magical stories were enjoyed by listeners young and old alike, while literary fairy tales (including most of the tales that are best known today) were published primarily for adult readers until the 19th century. Terri Windling childrenideasthinking I have a great respect for the academics who are working with the source material. My hat's off to them. Terri Windling hatsrespecthate I'd like to encourage people to please keep reading-and most importantly, to please keep trying new writers. The only way we can bring fresh new material into the field is if people go out and buy it. Terri Windling readingtryingpeople 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. Terri Windling landnative-americanyears What I find interesting about folklore is the dialogue it gives us with storytellers from centuries past. Terri Windling givingpastinteresting Once upon a time fairy tales were told to audiences of young and old alike. It is only in the last century that such tales were deemed fit only for small children, stripped of much of their original complexity, sensuality, and power to frighten and delight. Terri Windling delightonce-upon-a-timechildren 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. Terri Windling hygienemagic-realismlatin Our lives are our mythic journeys, and our happy endings are still to be won. Terri Windling happy-endingsstillsjourney We''re all misfits here,” he says, almost proudly. “That's why I started this squat, after all. For people like us, who don't fit in anywhere else. Halfies and homos and hopeless romantics, the outcast and outrageous and terminally weird. That's where art comes from, Jimmy, my friend. From our weirdnesses and our differences, from our manic fixations, our obsessions, our passions. From all those wild and wacky things that make each of us unique. Terri Windling passionuniqueart Filmmaking can be a fine art. Terri Windling movieactorsart I've only been living in England for the last 10 years, if you don't count my student years. Terri Windling englandlastsyears There have been a number of us working very, very hard to bring myth and fairy tales into public consciousness, through fantasy literature and other media. I hope we're succeeding in some small way. Terri Windling fantasymediahopeway Read the folklore masters. Go to galleries. Walk in the woods. That's what you need to be an artist or storyteller. Terri Windling walkgoyouartist My book collection is primarily in America, since that's where I've lived most of my life. Terri Windling my-lifelifebookamerica Robert Jordan, whether he's writing with passion or not, I don't know. Terri Windling heknowpassionwriting 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. Terri Windling bestyoufantasyworld
