All writers write about themselves, just as the old storytellers chose to tell stories that spoke to and about themselves. They call it the world, but it is themselves they portray. The world of which they write is like a mirror that reflects the inside of their hearts, often more truly than they know.


Touch Magic: Fantasy, Faerie and Folklore in the Literature of Childhood (ed. Philomel, 1981)

Jane Yolen Quotes

All writers write about themselves, just as the old storytellers chose to tell stories that spoke to and about themselves. They call it the world,...

All writers write about themselves, just as the old storytellers chose to tell stories that spoke to and about themselves. They call it the world,...

All writers write about themselves, just as the old storytellers chose to tell stories that spoke to and about themselves. They call it the world,...

All writers write about themselves, just as the old storytellers chose to tell stories that spoke to and about themselves. They call it the world,...