It is the last thing we learn, / listening to the creature world.

Language helps develp life as surely as it reflects life. It is a most important part of our human condition.

Fairy Tales always have a happy ending.' That depends... on whether you are Rumpelstiltskin or the Queen.

Literature is a textually transmitted disease, normally contracted in childhood.

Stories," he'd said, his voice low and almost husky, "we are made up of stories. And even the one's that seem the most like lies can be our deepest hidden truths.

Readers re-create any story to suit their own needs. They re-clothe the story in their own shirts. Put simply: just as we write the story we need to write, they read the story they need to read.

You can only chase a butterfly for so long.