Gregory Maguire Quotes About Writing
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I was just about to begin writing Mirror Mirror, within about a week of it, when September 11, 2001 happened. I found myself incapable of caring about fiction-making for a number of months.
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I never write a book unless I can't help it. Something has to bother me, like a mosquito, until I have to do something to relieve the itch.
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I write because I admire the act of rationalization, of seeking clarity in one's understanding of the complexities of life, and I'm bad at it. I'm slow. Writing, which is an arduous and slow process, proceeds at the same rate as my sloth-like mind.
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When I write a book, I write very cleanly from page one to the last page. I hardly ever write out of sequence.
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Books fall open, you fall in. When you climb out again, you're a bit larger than you used to be.
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