Quotes by Angela Carter

Quotes by Angela Carter:

• "There exists a European convention of an archetypal female storyteller, 'Mother Goose' in English, 'Ma Mere l'Oie' in French, an old woman sitting by thefireside . . . . Obviously, it was Mother Goose who invented all the 'old wives' tales,' even if old wives of any sex can participate in this endless recycling process, when anyone can pick up a tale and make it over. Old wives' tales — that is, worthless stories, untruths, trivial gossip, a derisive label that allots the art of storytelling to women at the exact same time that it takes all value from it."^{[citation needed]}