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Story Quotes by 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,…
- I don't think I prefer writing for one age group above another. I am just as pleased with a story which I feel works well…
- There are certainly times when my own everyday life seems to retreat so the life of the story can take me over. That is why…
- 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…
- I'm the Beast. You're the Beauty," he said. "It's all a story, isn't it?
- 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,…
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