I was an adult before I began to learn that there is a difference between a conversation and an argument. — Marion Dane Bauer Adults Copy Share Image
“I have never met a bigot who was a reader as a child. (ix)” — Marion Dane Bauer Books 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… — Marion Dane Bauer Confusion 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… — Marion Dane Bauer Art 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 Animal 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… — Marion Dane Bauer Bits 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… — Marion Dane Bauer Fixing 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… — Marion Dane Bauer Action Copy Share Image
It is the nature of stories to leave out far more than they include. — Marion Dane Bauer Nature 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… — Marion Dane Bauer Dreams 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… — Marion Dane Bauer Copy Share Image
“So much longing. So many lives filled with longing. It's what stories― all our stories― are made of. And what is longing… — Marion Dane Bauer Hope Copy Share Image
It is curious how believable I can be when I criticize myself, how unconvincing when I give myself praise. — Marion Dane Bauer Believable Copy Share Image
“A cry drifted along Walnut Street, more mournful than any tears. It rode a puff of breeze into the bedroom where Mark… — Marion Dane Bauer K Pop Copy Share Image
when you are dealing with art, any kind of art, your pleasure in making it is what matters most. — Marion Dane Bauer Art Copy Share Image
Where do storytellers find the wisdom to discover their own stories? From no place more mysterious than their own hearts. — Marion Dane Bauer Heart Copy Share Image
my experience as a fiction writer tells me that the deeper I look into myself, the more universal is the experience I… — Marion Dane Bauer Deeper Copy Share Image
“A good friend of mine once said, "I have never met a bigot who was a reader as a child.” — Marion Dane Bauer Book Copy Share Image
“We writers can use our own longing - and frequently do - without ever having to understand or analyze it. That is… — Marion Dane Bauer Nostalgia Copy Share Image
“RUNT is my FAVORITE book.It starts out small.Then,it gets exciting in the middle.In the end it settled.” — Marion Dane Bauer Books Copy Share Image
Description needs to slide into a story like a snake through grass - silently, almost invisibly, without calling attention to itself. It… — Marion Dane Bauer Action Copy Share Image
I grew up in a small town with a very small library. But the books in the library opened a large place… — Marion Dane Bauer Book Copy Share Image
