The novels take longer to write than the picture book texts, and they do take a different sort of concentration. However, a very short, simple story that works well is just as exciting to me as any longer and more complex book.
It changes you for ever, but you are changing for ever anyway. - Margaret Mahy
It changes you for ever, but you are changing for ever anyway.
- Margaret Mahy
Every writer has to find their own way into writing. - Margaret Mahy
Every writer has to find their own way into writing.
People can say what they like about the eternal verities, love and truth and so on, but nothing's as eternal as the dishes. - Margaret Mahy
People can say what they like about the eternal verities, love and truth and so on, but nothing's as eternal as the dishes.
If a job's worth doing, it's worth doing twice. - Margaret Mahy
If a job's worth doing, it's worth doing twice.
Try not to become disappointed if someone doesn't like a story you've written. Stick up for your ideas, but listen to what other people say, too. The… - Margaret Mahy
Try not to become disappointed if someone doesn't like a story you've written. Stick up for your ideas, but listen to what other people say, too. The…
Anyone interested in the world generally can't help being interested in young adult culture - in the music, the bands, the books, the fashions, and t… - Margaret Mahy
Anyone interested in the world generally can't help being interested in young adult culture - in the music, the bands, the books, the fashions, and t…
Reading is very creative - it's not just a passive thing. I write a story; it goes out into the world; somebody reads it and, by reading it, complete… - Margaret Mahy
Reading is very creative - it's not just a passive thing. I write a story; it goes out into the world; somebody reads it and, by reading it, complete…
You can't say you want things to be simple and then in the next breath ask me to be honest. - Margaret Mahy
You can't say you want things to be simple and then in the next breath ask me to be honest.
My theory is that I decided to be a writer when I was about seven, but of course it is not as simple as that. Like most writers, I had to work at oth… - Margaret Mahy
My theory is that I decided to be a writer when I was about seven, but of course it is not as simple as that. Like most writers, I had to work at oth…
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