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...Fifteen Minutes (FM): What is your favorite fairy tale? Gregory Maguire (GM): I think it is probably Rapunzel, and I haven’t done Rapunzel yet—which I think is interesting. Maybe I never will, because it is my favorite...
...What is your motivation to write revised fairy tales? GM: I wanted to write books of ideas that people would read; I used fairy tales as a kind of bait and switch. I thought readers would think it would be relaxing, and they would not have to work too hard. But I also hope that without actually even noticing it, you have to think about the things that I have written about—the themes. I write books primarily about the themes and not about the plot...
...hard to update a story that everyone already knows? Do people get angry when you switch things on them? GM: They do, but I love it when people get mad. I like irritating people—up to the point where they go out and buy a gun, then I don’t like it anymore...
...Your narratives twist well-known fairy tales. Which came first: your stories, “The True Story of the Three Little Pigs,” or “Shrek?” GM: I think “Shrek” came first...
...characters in your books, who is your favorite? GM: I have to say that I like Elphaba, but once saw Kristen D. Chenoweth playing Glinda on the stage I went back and read Glinda and I thought, “Did I write her that funny...