Don't ever write just for a trend or fad, because it's a moving target, and by the time you get your work out there, the trend or fad is gone. Dig deep; don't be afraid to write fiercely. Expose your heart.
Jane YolenRead
I believe that culture begins in the cradle . . .To do without tales and stories and books is to lose humanity's past, is to have no star map for our future.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Culture and literature are essential for understanding humanity and guiding future generations.
Jane Yolen emphasizes the vital role that stories, tales, and books play in shaping culture and preserving humanity's history. She argues that without these narratives, individuals lose their connection to the past and lack guidance for the future, much like navigating without a star map.
Themes
CultureStoriesEducationHumanityFuture
In practice
Example use cases
In a speech about the importance of literacy in schools.
More from Jane Yolen
All quotes →I don't care whether the story is real or fantastical. I tell the story that needs to be told.
Jane YolenRead
What makes a good book? Scholars and critics have been debating that question for decades. I like books that touch my head and my heart at the same time.
Jane YolenRead
Just write. If you have to make a choice, if you say, 'Oh well, I'm going to put the writing away until my children are grown,' then you don't really want to be a writer. If you want to be a writer, you do your writing... If you don't do it, you probably don't want to be a writer, you just want to have written and be famous—which is very different.
Jane YolenRead
Childrens books change lives. Stories pour into the hearts of children and help make them what they become.
Jane YolenRead
Folklore is the perfect second skin. From under its hide, we can see all the shimmering, shadowy uncertainties of the world.
Jane YolenRead
Similar quotes
From kindergarten to college, certain teachers engaged my curiosity and motivated me to learn. While I was not the best student, their efforts left a lasting impact.
George LucasRead
The thought of these vast stacks of books would drive him mad: the more he read, the less he seemed to know — the greater the number of the books he read, the greater the immense uncountable number of those which he could never read would seem to be…. The thought that other books were waiting for him tore at his heart forever.
Thomas WolfeRead
We know from hard research that educated populations have lower growth rates, are more peaceful, and add to the global economy.
Peter DiamandisRead
The central task of education is to implant a will and facility for learning; it should produce not learned but learning people. The truly human society is a learning society, where grandparents, parents, and children are students together.
Eric HofferRead
Colleges hate geniuses, just as convents hate saints.
Ralph Waldo EmersonRead
To speak a language is to take on a world, a culture.
Frantz FanonRead