Gregory Maguire quotes - page 4

The thing about a mirror is this: The one who stares into it is condemned to consider the world from her own perspective. (Gregory Maguire)
The overdressed traveler betrays more interest in being seen than in seeing, while the true traveler knows that the novel world about her serves as the most appropriate accessory. View quote
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The more civilized we become, the more horrendous our entertainments. View quote
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I never write a book unless I can't help it. Something has to bother me, like a mosquito, until I have to do something to relieve the itch. View quote
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I write because I admire the act of rationalization, of seeking clarity in one's understanding of the complexities of life, and I'm bad at it. I'm slow. Writing, which is an arduous and slow process, proceeds at the same rate as my sloth-like mind. View quote
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I shall pray for your soul,' promised Nessarose. I shall wait for your shoes,' Elphie answered. View quote
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Always the bridesmaid, never the bride." Always the godfather, never the god". View quote
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This is why you shouldn't fall in love, it blinds you. Love is wicked distraction. View quote
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It's the only condition I know. Bitter Love, Loneliness, contempt for corruption, blind hope. It's where I live. A permanent state of bereavement. This is nothing new. View quote
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Books fall open, you fall in. When you climb out again, you're a bit larger than you used to be. View quote
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Yet who can say how our souls have been stamped by witnessing such a cruel drama? All souls are hostages to their human envelopes, but souls must decay and suffer at such indignity, don't you agree? (Gregory Maguire)
She is no longer I, she is too long ago, she is only she... View quote
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A man is called a traitor, or liberator. A rich man is a theif or philanthropist. Is one a crusader or ruthless invader? It's all in which label is able to persist. View quote
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I hate to be obvious," added the Scarecrow, "but you'd have saved yourself a heap of trouble if you weren't too cheap to invest in a leash, Dorothy. View quote
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Have you ever noticed when you look in a mirror, unless you're really depressed or something, the person in the mirror generally looks a little more competent, a little more curious, a little more intelligent than you actually feel yourself to be? They often look more interesting and more soulful. View quote
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The story of 'Mirror Mirror' is in many ways a story about evolution. It's about the evolution of a child into an adult. It's about the evolution of those dwarves into something a little less rock-like, a little more humanoid. It's about the evolution of history, too, from the darkness of the Middle Ages into the light of the Age of Reason. View quote
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I had written childrens books for 14 years before I published Wicked. And none of them were poorly reviewed, and none of them sold enough for me to be able to buy a bed. View quote
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I do love to sing. Had I a longer set of thigh bones and a sweeter voice, I should have loved to be a performer. View quote
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When I write a book, I write very cleanly from page one to the last page. I hardly ever write out of sequence. View quote
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I'm not a writer because I want to make money. I'm a writer because I'm a very slow thinker, but I do care about thinking, and the only way I know how to think with any kind of finesse is by telling stories. View quote
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I actually prefer female voices to listen to, mostly, but among the male singers whose voices I like are Jeff Buckley, Art Garfunkel, that sort of voice. Contemporary crooners rather than rockers. (Gregory Maguire)
I like classical music of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and I adore Bach above all. View quote
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While I pride myself on trying to be creative in all areas of my life, I have occasionally gone overboard, like the time I decided to bring to a party a salad that I constructed, on a huge rattan platter, to look like a miniature scale model of the Gardens of Babylon. View quote
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Approval is overrated. Approval and disapproval alike satisfy those who deliver it more than those who receive it. View quote
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I like to think I'm a pretty good-natured guy and pretty civil and probably not ever truly guilty in any serious way of any legal infractions. View quote
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