One never learns how the witch became wicked, or whether that was the right choice for her~is it ever the right choice? Does the devil ever struggle to be good again, or if so is he not a devil? Gregory Maguire More Quotes by Gregory Maguire More Quotes From Gregory Maguire Speaking uses us up, speeds us up. Without prayer, that act of confession for merely existing, one might live forever and not know it. Gregory Maguire use prayer forever It's the work that's important, not the individual who does it. Gregory Maguire individual important doe ...but the tale itself is a trickster and doesn't hesitate to lie. It is anachronistic with a vengeance. It emerges always and everywhere, overt or disguised, pureblood or hybrid, and healthy as sin. Gregory Maguire vengeance healthy lying Little critters fried like fritters come out crunchy and divine. Gregory Maguire critters divine littles All our lives are activity without meaning; we burrow ratlike into life and we squirm ratlike through it and ratlike we are flung into our graves at the end. Now and then, why shouldn't we hear a voice of prophecy. Gregory Maguire now-and-then voice ends When I write a book, I write very cleanly from page one to the last page. I hardly ever write out of sequence. Gregory Maguire pages writing book In a sense, Out of Oz is an examination of how individuals keep going, keep reinventing themselves and their lives, even after life-altering complications have afflicted them. Gregory Maguire life-altering examination individual No one is exempt from grief. Gregory Maguire bereavement sadness grief In the end, all disguises must drop. Gregory Maguire disguise ends Oh, everything is gorgeous once it's gone. Gregory Maguire gorgeous gone loss The story of Mirror Mirror is in many ways a story about evolution. Its about the evolution of a child into an adult. Its about the evolution of those dwarves into something a little less rock-like, a little more humanoid. Its about the evolution of history, too, from the darkness of the Middle Ages into the light of the Age of Reason. Gregory Maguire dwarves mirrors children No wonder Wonderland isn't funny to read anymore: We live there full time. We need a break from it. Gregory Maguire wonderland wonder needs While I pride myself on trying to be creative in all areas of my life, I have occasionally gone overboard, like the time I decided to bring to a party a salad that I constructed, on a huge rattan platter, to look like a miniature scale model of the Gardens of Babylon. Gregory Maguire party garden pride Children are wickeder than adults, they have no sense of restraint. Gregory Maguire restraint adults children 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. Gregory Maguire caring writing numbers For fun? Maybe evil is an art form. Gregory Maguire evil fun art If you have an ancestor who is a Benedictine monk, we would rather not know it. Gregory Maguire ancestor monk knows I do love to sing. Had I a longer set of thigh bones and a sweeter voice, I should have loved to be a performer. Gregory Maguire bones voice should-have I actually prefer female voices to listen to, mostly, but among the male singers whose voices I like are Jeff Buckley, Art Garfunkel, that sort of voice. Contemporary crooners rather than rockers. Gregory Maguire males voice art And it's a cold place the world, especially when warmed by arsen. Gregory Maguire cold world
