Of course there are big differences in length and character and vocabulary, but each level has its particular pleasures when it comes to the words one can use and the way one uses them. Margaret Mahy bigcharacterdifference Change image and share on social
I've never actually been a fighter myself - fighting tires me out and I'm not an efficient fighter anyway - but I have certainly seen other people have great complicated goes at one another. Margaret Mahy complicateefficientfight Change image and share on social
By the time ordinary life asserted itself once more, I would feel I had already lived for a while in some other lifetime, that I had even taken over someone else's life. Margaret Mahy assertfeellife Change image and share on social
Every writer has to find their own way into writing. Margaret Mahy findwritewriter Change image and share on social
They are imaginary characters. But perhaps not solely the products of my imagination, since there are some aspects of the characters that relate to my own experience of a wide variety of people. Margaret Mahy aspectcharacterexperience Change image and share on social
I hope I am not too repetitive. However, coming to terms with death is part of the general human situation. Margaret Mahy comedeathgeneral Change image and share on social
It can certainly happen that characters in more sophisticated stories can 'take over' as they develop and change the author's original ideas. Well, it certainly happens to me at times. Margaret Mahy authorchangecharacter Change image and share on social
Anyone interested in the world generally can't help being interested in young adult culture - in the music, the bands, the books, the fashions, and the way in which the young adult community develops its own language. Margaret Mahy adultbandbook share on social
At this stage I am not involved with young adults as closely as many other writers. My children are grown up and my grandchildren are still quite young. Margaret Mahy adultchildclosely Change image and share on social
