Human beings are storytelling animals. That's what separates us from other creatures, not just having thumbs or using tools.

- Marion Dane Bauer

You don't choose your themes; they choose you. The meaning of your stories will rise out of your deepest longings, often out of longings so deep that…

- Marion Dane Bauer

another word for talent is obsession.

- Marion Dane Bauer

It is curious how believable I can be when I criticize myself, how unconvincing when I give myself praise.

- Marion Dane Bauer

Never think of revising as fixing something that is wrong. That starts you off in a negative frame of mind. Rather think of it as an opportunity to i…

- Marion Dane Bauer

Description needs to slide into a story like a snake through grass - silently, almost invisibly, without calling attention to itself. It should enric…

- Marion Dane Bauer

I used to tiptoe up to my bedroom door and leap into my room in an attempt to surprise my dolls in the midst of some kind of action. Unfortunately, t…

- Marion Dane Bauer

when you are dealing with art, any kind of art, your pleasure in making it is what matters most.

- Marion Dane Bauer

my experience as a fiction writer tells me that the deeper I look into myself, the more universal is the experience I find there.

- Marion Dane Bauer