Gregory Maguire
Gregory Maguire is an acclaimed American author best known for his novel "Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West," which inspired the hit Broadway musical. Born in 1954, Maguire has a rich background in children's literature and fantasy writing. His works often reimagine classic tales with a unique twist. Maguire holds a Ph.D. in English and American Literature from Tufts University and has taught at various institutions.
Book summaries for books written by Gregory Maguire
Quotes
The lion cannot protect himself from traps, and the fox cannot defend himself from wolves. One must therefore be a fox to recognize traps, and a lion to frighten wolves.
Sometimes it's better to light a flamethrower than curse the darkness.
Happiness is a matter of one's most ordinary and everyday mode of consciousness being busy and lively and unconcerned with self.
You have plenty of courage, I am sure. All you need is confidence in yourself. There is no living thing that is not afraid when it faces danger. The true courage is in facing danger when you are afraid.
There is no great genius without some touch of madness.
The greatest sin of all is to be indifferent.
Where there is love, there is life.
It's not what happens to us, but our response to what happens to us that hurts us.
To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.
Beauty is not a quality of a person or a thing; it is a name we give to a claim we make about them.
There is a whole world out there waiting to embrace those who dare to dream.
Sometimes the truth is so deeply buried that it takes a bold imagination to uncover it.