Every time a child says I don’t believe in fairies there is a fairy somewhere that falls down dead. – James M. Barrie
I didn’t like fairy tales when I was younger. I found a lot of fairy tales scary. They really didn’t sit well with me. – Amanda Seyfried
Conservatives used to believe in confronting hard truths, not succumbing to comforting fairy tales. Some still do. – Fareed Zakaria
I definitely read a lot of books on the psychology and mythology behind fairy tales because I think that’s really fascinating and there’s a lot to draw on there. – Meghan Ory
One of the pleasures of the original ‘Grimm’s Fairy Tales’ is how incredibly ghastly they are. The ugly sisters have their eyes pecked out by crows. – Mark Gatiss
Fairy tales and folk tales have always played a role in my writing in one way or another. – Linn Ullmann
On that other novels followed: but I still wrote fairy tales and dreamy poems of another world. – Laurence Housman
When I was a child, I wanted to be… a fairy. I still do, really, except that now I’ve now graduated to wanting to be a pixie. – Jaime Winstone
I like being scared, so I’ve always liked fairy tales because they’re kind of creepy. – Lana Parrilla
Soils and national characters differ, but fairy tales are the same in plot and incidents, if not in treatment. – Joseph Jacobs
‘Ocean’s Kingdom’ is a fairy story with no subtext, no resonance – it’s not about anything except its water-logged plot. – Robert Gottlieb
When fairy tales are written in the west, they’re known as folklore. In the east, fairy tales are called religions. – Paul Henderson
To be honest, Peter Pan was one of those fairy tales that I sort of related to, and I think that’s the case with a lot of kids. – Robbie Kay
I’ve always been a huge fantasy fan. I was always interested in fairy tales and anything with magic or dragons… I was always drawn to those types of stories. – Sarah J. Maas
