Gregory Maguire Thinking Quotations

I'm not a writer because I want to make money. I'm a writer because I'm a very slow thinker, but I do care about thinking, and the only way I know how to think with any kind of finesse is by telling stories.

You could say that Elphaba brought us together,' said Boq softly. 'I'm closer to her and so I'm closer to you.' Galinda seemed to give up. She leaned her head back on the velvet cushions of the swing and said, 'Boq, you know despite myself I think you're a little sweet. You're a little sweet and you're a little charming and you're a little maddening and you're a little habit-forming.' Boq held his breath. But you're little!' she concluded. 'You're a Munchkin, for god's sake!' He kissed her, he kissed her, he kissed her, little by little by little.

quoting reminds me there are other people in the world besides only me. And other thoughts besides mine, and other ways of thinking.

I like to think Im a pretty good-natured guy and pretty civil and probably not ever truly guilty in any serious way of any legal infractions.

That's the real power of art, I think. Not to chide but to provoke challenge. Otherwise why bother?

...the reasons just reassemble themselves in different patterns every time I think about it.

It's the endlessly thinking about yourself that causes such heart shame.