"My theory is that I decided to be……" — 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 other things to earn a living and wrote mainly in the evenings, often very late at night, for many years."
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Margaret Mahy
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40 Quotes by Margaret Mahy
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I am really chained to my computer these days so I work in my bedroom, which is a room I…
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When I was a child I had a best friend who lived across the road from me. When her mother…
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Fear can give you urgent wings.
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Being a librarian certainly helped me with my writing because it made me even more of a reader, and I…
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Anyone interested in the world generally can't help being interested in young adult culture - in the music, the bands,…
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Try not to become disappointed if someone doesn't like a story you've written. Stick up for your ideas, but listen…
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Perhaps every time anyone is praised it means that someone else somewhere is going to be ignored
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Every writer has to find their own way into writing.
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Writing for young children I find I often use particular jokes with words and exaggerated, funny events, but some of…
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I've never actually been a fighter myself - fighting tires me out and I'm not an efficient fighter anyway -…
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When you are reading, someone has done a lot of work on your behalf, someone has had ideas and has…
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It is a good idea to know which publishers publish which stories. For example, there is no sense in sending…
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