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
Folklore is the perfect second skin. From under its hide, we can see all the shimmering, shadowy uncertainties of the world.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Folklore helps us understand the complexities of the world by providing us with a protective yet revealing narrative framework.
In this quote, Jane Yolen suggests that folklore serves as a metaphorical 'second skin' that not only protects us but also allows us to perceive the intricate and often ambiguous aspects of life. Through stories and traditions, we gain insights into human experiences and the world's uncertainties, illustrating how art and narratives shape our understanding of reality.
Themes
FolkloreNarrativeCultureUnderstandingArt
In practice
Example use cases
This quote is perfect for a speech about the importance of preserving cultural heritage.
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
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.
Jane YolenRead
Childrens books change lives. Stories pour into the hearts of children and help make them what they become.
Jane YolenRead
Similar quotes
And the reason I am writing this on the back of a manila envelope now that they have left the train together is to tell you that when she turned to lift the large, delicate cello onto the overhead rack, I saw him looking up at her and what she was doing the way the eyes of saints are painted when they are looking up at God when he is doing something remarkable, something that identifies him as God.
Billy CollinsRead
I feel like in telling stories, there are the things the audience thinks are important, and then there are the things that are actually important.
J. J. AbramsRead
Photography concentrates one's eye on the superficial. For that reason it obscures the hidden life which glimmers through the outlines of things like a play of light and shade. One can't catch that even with the sharpest lens.
Franz KafkaRead
The distinction between a gallery and a museum is enormous. The gallery is about looking at a thing of beauty; the purpose of the activity is an aesthetic response. The museum is actually about the object that lets you get into somebody else's life.
Neil MacgregorRead
Every now and then I read a poem that does touch something in me, but I never turn to poetry for solace or pleasure in the way that I throw myself into prose.
J. K. RowlingRead
There's so many films from around the world, I emphasize, that are so beautifully photographed, but they don't get the recognition.
Roger DeakinsRead