Margaret Haddix Quotes

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• It's just so much fun to make up characters, situations, and everything else about a story. I have so much freedom and flexibility to do… Character
• When writing isn't going well-then the bad thing about being a writer is that I also have the freedom and flexibility to do something badly,… Bad
• Amazing, Yetta thought. Back home I couldn't have chosen my own husband. And here I'm thinking about choosing presidents, governors, mayors, laws.. Amazing
• Fail big if you have to, but go down trying. Big
• I started trying to write when I was in second or third grade. Grade
• I like playing around with the words; I love it when I feel like I've picked the exact right word to describe whatever it is… Describe
• I write a book over a period of months or years, and when I'm done with it, usually another year goes by before I see… Another Year
• I think I learned a lot from reading in general - even from reading badly written books. Badly
• I loved to read when I was a kid, and as soon as I realized that an actual person got to make up the books… Actual
• Generally I finish a first draft in 2-6 months, then I set it aside for a while so that when I come back to it… Aside
• I like the fact that kids are willing to be imaginative and go along with me when I'm telling strange tales. Along
• I was lucky enough not to face any required summer reading lists until I went to college. So I still think of summer as the… Any
• Sometimes I can spend as long revising a manuscript as I spent writing it in the first place. First Place
• There's something about each of my books that I'm really proud of, and there's something about each of my books that I cringe over. Book
• The deadlines are much, much longer with books. When I was a reporter, a lot of times I'd come in at 8:30 a.m., get an… Assignment
• ...even the most independent people sometimes needed help. And if I'd learned nothing else from my life thus far, it was that you don't always… Always End
• Maybe everyone is just waiting for someone else to save them. Everyone
• I snorted "oh, beauty. What's that good for?" Mary stared, her eyes round. "It won you the prince, did it not?" I snorted again, I… Beauty
• I wished I'd known weeks ago that we didn't have to be chaperoned. I remembered my old daydreams: the prince and I, alone together, cuddling… Ago
• Jen, we did it. Everyone's free now. Free

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