Margaret Mahy

“It's a very bad sign when a situation is so interesting that you have to postpone being frightened.”

“The world is full of stories, and from time to time they permit themselves to be told.”

“A good story is a dream shared.”

“Reading is a conversation. All books talk, but a good book listens as well.”

“Stories are a way of thinking and feeling our way out of life's cages.”

“You can get a great deal of wholesome pleasure out of being a paradox.”

“When you're a storyteller, you're not an ideologue.”

“Glorious things are waiting for you, right around the corner.”

“I think that plain speaking is a great virtue.”

“Memory is a queer thing. It can be a comfort and a curse.”

“If you are a writer you locate yourself behind a wall of words.”

“Never be afraid of the mundane.”

“A story is a way of saying something that can't be said in any other way.”

“You must be prepared to work always without applause.”