Terri Windling American Sculptor Quotations

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.

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

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

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.

Robert Jordan, whether he's writing with passion or not, I don't know.

I'm working on a very long series of paintings based on desert folklore.

I came to New York, straight out of college, wanting one thing in life: to work on Jim Henson's film The Dark Crystal.