“This is a fairy tale with teeth and claws.”
“Every fairy tale had a bloody lining. Every one had teeth and claws.”
“The more one knows fairy tales the less fantastical they appear; they can be vehicles of the grimmest realism, expressing hope against all the odds with gritted teeth.”
“Life has no fairy-tale endings. But it has fairy tale moments.”
“Two forces create eternity – a fairy tale and a dream from the fairy tale.”
“The fairy tale belongs to the poor...I know of no fairy tale which upholds the tyrant, or takes the part of the strong against the weak. A fascist fairy tale is an absurdity.”