“Like Bluebeard, the fairy tale of Snow Whitedoes not record a single, appalling crime, but testifies to a structural and endemic conflict in society that was political and social as well as persona...”

“Theories about world literature, of which fairy tale is a fundamental part, emphasize the porousness of borders, geographical and inguistic: no frontiercan keep a good story from roaming. It will t...”

“Storytelling is a dangerous vocation, for the fairies punish those who return to tell their secrets.”

“Like ´Bluebeard´, the fairy tale of ´Snow White´does not record a single, appalling crime, but testifies to a structural and endemic conflict in society that was political and social as well as per...”

“When I was a little girl I used to read fairy tales. In fairy tales you meet Prince Charming and he's everything you ever wanted. In fairy tales the bad guy is very easy to spot. The bad guy is alw...”

“There is the great lesson of 'Beauty and the Beast,' that a thing must be loved before it is lovable.”

“...fairy tales, just a fancy word for lies...”

“Semiotics is a general theory of all existing languages... all forms of communication - visual, tactile, and so on... There is general semiotics, which is a philosophical approach to this field, an...”

“There is no complete theory of anything.”

“My theory is that all of Scottish cuisine is based on a dare.”