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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-
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Gregory Maguire
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: June 9
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New York
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And there the wicked witch stayed for a long long time.' Did she ever come out?' Not yet.
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Little critters fried like fritters come out crunchy and divine.
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Remember this: Nothing is written in the stars. Not these stars, nor any others. No one controls your destiny.
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I hate to be obvious, added the Scarecrow, but you'd have saved yourself a heap of trouble if you weren't too cheap to invest in a leash, Dorothy.
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How poetic you are, she said. I've a notion that poetry is the highest form of self-deception.
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So she listened hard. And she began to evolve, because stories work their magic that way. They build conviction and erode conviction in equal measure.
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There may be no city in the clouds, but dreaming of it can enliven the spirit.
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It's the work that's important, not the individual who does it.
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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.
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I had written childrens books for 14 years before I published Wicked. And none of them were poorly reviewed, and none of them sold enough for me to be able to buy a bed.
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Notice, notice let noticing take the place of screaming.
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