Gail Carson Levine

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I make mistakes on a very grand scale.

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My good ideas are shy. But if they see that I treat the stupid ideas with respect, they come forward.

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I loved fairy tales as a kid, so that's where my mind gravitates.

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'EIla Enchanted' began in a marvelous writing course at New York City's The New School.

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I had to write something and couldn't think of a plot, so I decided to write a Cinderella story because it already had a plot! Then, when I thought about Cinderella's character, I realized that she was too much of a goody-two-shoes for me, and I would hate her before I finished ten pages.

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As a child, I loved fairy tales because the story, the what-comes-next, is paramount. As an adult, I'm fascinated by their logic and illogic.

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It feels presumptuous to think of writing for adults.

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Most of the authors I liked were dead, so it didn't seem like a safe occupation.

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I was excited to make my own 'Neverland.'

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Ideas sometimes come from nowhere, and sometimes they take lots of thinking.

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