Maggie Stiefvater Quotes

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 further.

Maggie Stiefvater

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: November 18, 1981

Topics

CharacterQueenKingActionSomeone

On record dates like that I never felt too nervous because everything was really overdubbed. When we did that album, we were in the studio for probably a week, so you had a lot of opportunity to fix things.

John Abercrombie

OpportunityWeekYouNervousNever

I grew up in a big family. You have to learn to get along with each other... get things done as a family.

John Boehner

FamilyLearnYouDoneUpBig

Home is where your family is. Wherever you are, it's about the people you're surrounded by, not necessarily where you lay your head.

Jenji Kohan

FamilyHomePeopleYouHeadWhere

We have escapist fiction, so why not escapist biography?

John Kenneth Galbraith

WhyFictionBiographyWhy Not

It becomes more necessary to see the truth as it is if you realize that the only vehicle for change are these people who have lost their personality.

Steven Biko

ChangeTruthPersonalityPeopleYou

Doing the instrumental thing, you're really looking for the power of the melody to carry the record.

Michael W. Smith

PowerLookingDoingYouCarryThing

I like friendship.

Juergen Teller

FriendshipLike

Sure, sometimes I get teased for being the guy who likes everything, but I don't think of myself as someone apart from this world.

Josh Gondelman

MyselfWorldThinkSomeoneSometimes

If you're in charge of managing domain name space you should treat everybody who asks for a registration the same. Whatever that is - whether it's nice or ugly or whatever - just be fair, treat them all the same.

Jon Postel

UglySpaceTreatNameYouNice

I hope telling stories though 'Making a Difference' - as in my academic work and nonprofit work - will help me to live my grandmother's adage of 'Life is not about what happens to you, but about what you do with what happens to you.'

Chelsea Clinton

LifeWorkLiveHopeMeHelp

During the campaign, Trump in many ways repudiated President Obama's national security and foreign policy approach on issues like the Iran nuclear deal and immigration. So there's a real question of continuity or disruption with Trump, which wouldn't have existed if Clinton was president-elect.

Peter Bergen

ImmigrationSecurityQuestionReal

In any situation that calls for you to persuade, convince or manage someone or a group of people to do something, the ability to tell a purposeful story will be your secret sauce. Telling to win through purposeful stories is situation, industry, gender, demographic, and psychographic-agnostic. It's an all-purpose, everyone wins tool.

Peter Guber

PeopleWinStorySomeoneGenderYou

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