Quotes by Maggie Stiefvater

About Maggie Stiefvater:

Maggie Stiefvater is an American writer of young-adult fiction, especially urban fantasy. She currently lives in Virginia.
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Teenagers want to be able to fight for what's right - but finding out what's right is now 90 percent of the battle.

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This object that we hold in our hands, a book... that tactile pleasure, it's just not going to go away.

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'Misty of Chincoteague', 'The Black Stallion', the 'Saddle Club' books, I read 'em all. I was horse-crazy.

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I can tell you that as a writer and as a reader, I regard character as king. Or queen. No matter how riveting the action or interesting the plot twists, if I don't feel like I'm meeting someone who feels real, I'm not going to be compelled to read fu...

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I feel like I have so many stories basting in my mind, and they come busting out when they're ready.

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I think that whenever a book is not a challenge, I'm telling the wrong story.

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I adore book-to-film adaptations when they're done well, and I'm more lenient than many readers when it comes to what counts as 'done well.' For me, the most important thing is that the film maintains the spirit of the original book.

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Oh, filmmakers, please don't take my soft book and turn it into a horror, or take my horror and make it soft.

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As you learn who you are, you can better surround yourself with friends who make you a better person, and that sometimes only happens when you disassemble old relationships.

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I'm a dirt road out in the country kind of person, but I remember thinking, I could live in Chicago.

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In the end, you have to write like you're not afraid of the critics.

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I am an introvert. I should get that out there now.

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A novel is a conversation starter, and if the author isn't there for the after-party, both the writer and the reader are missing a lot.

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One of the things that I really like about young adult fiction is that you can explore the relationships between teens and their parents. I definitely think that teens are a product of their parents. You either end up just like them or you consciousl...

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Ideas come from all over, but as I write more and more, I find I'm always hunting for mood: I want to write a novel with a pervasive mood that sticks with you after you close the cover.

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This new world was a vicious, sleek world made of street lights and tight jeans, sharp smiles and fast cars. This was a city, edited. A city, pared down to its bare minimums, beautiful and abusive.

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I still watch her now, like I always did, and she watches me, her brown eyes looking out from a wolf's face. This is the story of a boy who used to be a wolf, and a girl who became one. I won't let this be my last good-bye. I've folded one thousand p...

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Long after the other voices had dropped away, Sam kept howling, very soft and slow. When he finally fell silent, the night felt dead. Sitting was intolerable. I stood up, paced, clenched and unclenched my hands into fists. Finally I took the guitar t...

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Forever?" Sam's lips smiled, but above his grin, his yellow eyes turned sad, as if he knew it was a lie. "Longer.

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Drugs?" "Rituals. Are messing around with drugs?" "No. But maybe rituals." "Drugs might be better.

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Self-confidence is not the same thing as ego. This is not to say that the two don’t (frequently) dance hand in hand down the street, pushing over old ladies in crosswalks and kicking baby kittens. But they are definitely not the same entity. Ego is...

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Author Bio

  • NameMaggie Stiefvater
  • DescriptionAmerican writer
  • BornNovember 18, 1981
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionWriter; Novelist