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Gregory Maguire is an American novelist known for his reinterpretation of classic fairy tales. His works are characterized by profound moral implications and rich imagination, which have won him a wide audience.

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Famous Gregory Maguire Quotes

“People who claim that they're evil are usually no worse than the rest of us... It's people who claim that they're good, or any way better than the rest of us, that you have to be wary of.”

People Way Evil Claims Good And Evil Fake People

Author:Gregory Maguire

“As long as people are going to call you lunatic anyway, why not get the benefit of it? It liberates you from convention.”

People Long Benefits Why Not Conventions Lunatic Elphaba Wicked Witch Wicked Witch Of The West

Author:Gregory Maguire

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

People Thinking World Way Mines Way Of Thinking Quoting

Author:Gregory Maguire

“You're fun to look at," decided Galinda. Boq's face fell. "Fun?" he said. I'd give a lot to achieve fun," Elphaba said. "The best I usually hope for is stirring, and when people say that they're usually referring to digestion-”

People Giving Looks Said Faces Fun Achieve Decided Appearance Stirring Referring Digestion Elphaba

Book:The Wicked Years Complete Collection: Wicked, Son of a Witch, A Lion Among Men, and Out of Oz

Source: The Wicked Years Complete Collection: Wicked, Son of a Witch, A Lion Among Men, and Out of Oz

“To consider what other people might say is hardly a good reason to take action or to defer it. You have your own life to live, Iris, and at its end, the only opinion that amounts to anything is that which God bestows”

People Ends Reason Might Action Opinion Amount Irises

Author:Gregory Maguire

“People always did like to talk, didn't they? That's why I call myself a witch now: the Wicked Witch of the West, if you want the full glory of it. As long as people are going to call you a lunatic anyway, why not get the benefit of it? It liberates you from convention.”

People Ifs Want Long Benefits Glory West Wicked Why Not Witch Conventions Lunatic Elphaba Wicked Witch Wicked Witch Of The West

Book:Wicked

Source: Wicked

“Animals are born who they are, accept it, and that is that. They live with greater peace than people do.”

People Born Animal Accepting Greater

Author:Gregory Maguire

“Such silly things, children -- and so embarrassing -- because they keep changing themselves out of shame, out of a need to be loved or something. While animals are born who they are, accept it, and that is that. They live with greater peace than people do.”

People Needs Children Born Animal Accepting Greater Shame Silly Embarrassing Silly Things

Author:Gregory Maguire

“There were people everywhere but no one was mine, and I was no one's.”

People Mines

Author:Gregory Maguire

“Yes, I'm nervous. You'll find in time most people are. They simply learn better how to disguise it, and sometimes, if they're wise, how to use their anxiety to serve the public good.”

People Ifs Sometimes Use Wise Anxiety Nervous Disguise Public Good

Author:Gregory Maguire

About the Author

Born: June 9, 1954
Known for: Novelist
Quotes: 305

Books & Sources

The Wicked Years Complete Collection: Wicked, Son of a Witch, A Lion Among Men, and Out of OzRelated source material

Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the WestRelated source material

WickedRelated source material

Out of OzRelated source material

Mirror Mirror: A NovelRelated source material

Son of a WitchRelated source material

A Lion Among MenRelated source material

Elphie: A Wicked ChildhoodRelated source material

HiddenseeRelated source material

A Lion Among Men: Volume Three in The Wicked YearsRelated source material

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