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Marion Dane Bauer is an American author born on November 20, 1938. Her works span a variety of genres, including novels, poetry, and children's literature. Bauer is known for her delicate prose and profound insights into human nature.

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“A good friend of mine once said, "I have never met a bigot who was a reader as a child.”

Inspirational Book Peace

Book:Am I Blue?: Coming Out from the Silence

Source: Am I Blue?: Coming Out from the Silence

“I was an adult before I began to learn that there is a difference between a conversation and an argument.”

Differences Conversation Adults Argument

Book:A Writer's Story: From Life to Fiction

Source: A Writer's Story: From Life to Fiction

“when you are dealing with art, any kind of art, your pleasure in making it is what matters most.”

Kind Art Matter Pleasure What Matters

Book:What's Your Story?: A Young Person's Guide to Writing Fiction

Source: What's Your Story?: A Young Person's Guide to Writing Fiction

“You don't choose your themes; they choose you. The meaning of your stories will rise out of your deepest longings, often out of longings so deep that you haven't admitted them even to yourself. Your convictions, your confusions, your most passionate dreams will be there whenever you begin a story, so you might as well learn to tap into them.”

Wells Stories Dream Might Havens Longing Passionate Conviction Confusion Theme

Author:Marion Dane Bauer

“I used to tiptoe up to my bedroom door and leap into my room in an attempt to surprise my dolls in the midst of some kind of action. Unfortunately, they were always too quick for me. I'm still disappointed about that.”

Kind Stills Action Used Rooms Doors Surprise Midst Leap Disappointed Bedroom Dolls Tiptoes

Author:Marion Dane Bauer

“It is curious how believable I can be when I criticize myself, how unconvincing when I give myself praise.”

Giving I Can Praise Curious Criticize Believable

Book:A Writer's Story: From Life to Fiction

Source: A Writer's Story: From Life to Fiction

“Human beings are storytelling animals. That's what separates us from other creatures, not just having thumbs or using tools.”

Humans Human Beings Animal Creatures Tools Storytelling Thumbs

Book:What's Your Story?: A Young Person's Guide to Writing Fiction

Source: What's Your Story?: A Young Person's Guide to Writing Fiction

“another word for talent is obsession.”

Talent Obsession

Author:Marion Dane Bauer

“Description needs to slide into a story like a snake through grass - silently, almost invisibly, without calling attention to itself. It should enrich every story moment without slowing the action.”

Needs Should Moments Stories Action Attention Calling Grass Description Snakes Slides Slowing

Book:Our Stories: A Fiction Workshop for Young Authors

Source: Our Stories: A Fiction Workshop for Young Authors

“Writing the opening lines of a story is a bit like starting to ski at the steepest part of a hill. You must have all your skills under control from the first instant.”

Writing Firsts Stories Bits Lines Skills Starting Opening Hills Instant Skis

Book:Our Stories: A Fiction Workshop for Young Authors

Source: Our Stories: A Fiction Workshop for Young Authors

“my experience as a fiction writer tells me that the deeper I look into myself, the more universal is the experience I find there.”

Looks Fiction Universal Deeper Fiction Writers

Book:A Writer's Story: From Life to Fiction

Source: A Writer's Story: From Life to Fiction

“It is the nature of stories to leave out far more than they include.”

Stories

Book:The Very Little Princess: Zoey's Story

Source: The Very Little Princess: Zoey's Story

“Where do storytellers find the wisdom to discover their own stories? From no place more mysterious than their own hearts.”

Heart Stories Mysterious Storyteller

Book:What's Your Story?: A Young Person's Guide to Writing Fiction

Source: What's Your Story?: A Young Person's Guide to Writing Fiction

“Never think of revising as fixing something that is wrong. That starts you off in a negative frame of mind. Rather think of it as an opportunity to improve something you already love.”

Thinking Mind Opportunity Negative Fixing Frame Of Mind Revising

Book:Our Stories: A Fiction Workshop for Young Authors

Source: Our Stories: A Fiction Workshop for Young Authors

“I grew up in a small town with a very small library. But the books in the library opened a large place in my heart. It is the place where stories live. And those stories have been informing my days, comforting my nights, and extending possibilities ever since. If that library had not been there, if the books - such as they were - had not been free, my world would be poor, even today.”

Ifs World Heart Has Beens Book Stories Would Be Today Night Poor Possibility Grew My Heart Grew Up Towns Library Small Town Comforting Extending Informing

Author:Marion Dane Bauer

About the Author

Born: November 20, 1938
Known for: Author
Quotes: 15

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A Writer's Story: From Life to FictionRelated source material

Our Stories: A Fiction Workshop for Young AuthorsRelated source material

What's Your Story?: A Young Person's Guide to Writing FictionRelated source material

Am I Blue?: Coming Out from the SilenceRelated source material

The Very Little Princess: Zoey's StoryRelated source material

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