“In fairy tales they all seem perfect, but really they are just as troubled as we are!”

“Or in other words: There are no fairy tales in the wild, no Cinderella stories. The lowly wolf that seems to rise to the top of the pack was really an alpha all along.”

“Besides, she likes my stories. They are like fairy tales, I suppose, full of kings and queens and adventures. Ma says people think fairy tales are simple stories but they are not. I guess I agree. My trouble is I have no talent for thinking up plots. The best I can do is come up with a good beginning. My book of story ideas is really just a book of story beginnings. Still and all, that is something.”

“We are all searching for the fairy tale. When it doesn't come, we try to create it.”

“Not all fairy tales have happily ever afters, some just have afters.”

“When we are young, we are read fairy tales. When we are old, we are read religious tales.”