Writing for young children I find I often use particular jokes with words and exaggerated — Margaret Mahy
When you are writing, of course, you have to do all that writing and correcting for yourself. — Margaret Mahy
The novels take longer to write than the picture book texts, and they do take a different sort of concentration. — Margaret Mahy
New zealand is the only country I know well enough to write about. It can sometimes lead to complications. — Margaret Mahy
Of course there are big differences in length and character and vocabulary, but each level — Margaret Mahy
My theory is that I decided to be a writer when I was about seven, but of course it is not as simple as that. — Margaret Mahy
It can certainly happen that characters in more sophisticated stories can “take over” — Margaret Mahy
I think I am too interested in my own ideas to copy anyone else’s, but I find that other — Margaret Mahy
I hope I am not too repetitive. However, coming to terms with death is part of the general human situation. — Margaret Mahy
I am really chained to my computer these days so I work in my bedroom, which is a room I have — Margaret Mahy
By the time ordinary life asserted itself once more, I would feel I had already lived for a — Margaret Mahy
Other books stand in opposition. No two writers or readers have the same pattern of interaction. — Margaret Mahy
Anyone interested in the world generally can’t help being interested in young adult culture — Margaret Mahy