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Robert Cormier Quotes

American - Author | January 17, 1925 - November 2, 2000

The beautiful part of writing is that you don't have to get it right the first time, unlike, say, a brain surgeon. You can always do it better, find the exact word, the apt phrase, the leaping simile.

Beautiful Time Brain Writing Better

There are no taboos. Every topic is open, however shocking. It is the way that the topics are handled that's important, and that applies whether it is a 15-year-old who is reading your book or someone who is 55.

Book Reading Someone Important Way

Family life was wonderful. The streets were bleak. The playgrounds were bleak. But home was always warm. My mother and father had a great relationship. I always felt 'safe' there.

Life Family Father Mother Home Warm

You seldom get a censorship attempt from a 14-year-old boy. It's the adults who get upset.

You Censorship Boy Upset Get Seldom

All the stories I'll ever need are right here on Main Street.

Street Need Right Here Stories Main

I have always had a sense that we are all pretty much alone in life, particularly in adolescence.

Life Alone Teen Adolescence Always

I simply write with an intelligent reader in mind. I don't think about how old they are.

Mind Think Intelligent Write Old

I had my bully, and it was excruciating. Not only the bully, but the intimidation I felt.

Only Bully Felt Excruciating Had

I've had aunts and uncles who not only haven't read my books but could hardly believe that I was a writer.

Believe Only Books Writer Uncles

I take real people and put them in extraordinary situations.

People Real Extraordinary Real People

I can't remember a time when I wasn't trying to get something down on paper.

Time Remember Trying Down Something

My dream was to be known as a writer and to be able to produce at least one book that would be read by people. That dream came true with the publication of my first novel - and all the rest has been a sweet bonus.

People Sweet Book Rest Dream True

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