“So much longing. So many lives filled with longing. It's what stories― all our stories― are made of. And what is longing made of except hope?” — Marion Dane Bauer Copy Share Image
“We writers can use our own longing - and frequently do - without ever having to understand or analyze it. That is why our stories are often wiser than we are.” — Marion Dane Bauer Copy Share Image
I was an adult before I began to learn that there is a difference between a conversation and an argument. — Marion Dane Bauer Copy Share Image
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… — Marion Dane Bauer Copy Share Image
“The power of fiction is that it gives us, as readers, the opportunity to move inside another human being, to look out through that… — Marion Dane Bauer Copy Share Image
Human beings are storytelling animals. That's what separates us from other creatures, not just having thumbs or using tools. — Marion Dane Bauer Copy Share Image
Writing the opening lines of a story is a bit like starting to ski at the steepest part of a hill. You must have… — Marion Dane Bauer Copy Share Image
Never think of revising as fixing something that is wrong. That starts you off in a negative frame of mind. Rather think of it… — Marion Dane Bauer Copy Share Image
I used to tiptoe up to my bedroom door and leap into my room in an attempt to surprise my dolls in the midst… — Marion Dane Bauer Copy Share Image
It is the nature of stories to leave out far more than they include. — Marion Dane Bauer Copy Share Image
“But never in his saddest dreams had he thought he'd spend his last years dusting this enormous old house for no one at all.” — Marion Dane Bauer Copy Share Image
“You should know better than to run from a storm, too. We wolves are careful. Always we are careful. But we are not afraid.… — Marion Dane Bauer Copy Share Image
