American - Writer | 1951 -
You can't mess around with young readers - you have to cut straight to the heart of the story. The character can be complex, the plot can have some surprises, but the emotions have to be clear.
Rodman Philbrick
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What surprised me most about the Donner tragedy was that, given the terrible circumstances, how anyone survived at all.
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There is no greater compliment for a writer than to have pleased a troubled child.
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As a young, ambitious novelist, writing for kids never crossed my mind.
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Soon after publishing a book for kids, my mailbox began to fill with letters from children all across America. Not because my novels for young readers are bestsellers - they're not by a long shot - but because today's kids love to write to authors.
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I was never forced to write. At least, I was never forced or even encouraged to write fiction. Creative writing wasn't in the curriculum at my school when I was in sixth grade.
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I'm not a playwright; I'm a writer who loves theater.
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I've always known that writing plays is very difficult, because I've written three or four that have never been produced.
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I have vivid memories of junior high school. I didn't quite know how to deal with kids and make friends and all of that. If you talked to people who knew me at the time, they'd think I was a popular kid in school. But boy, I didn't feel that.
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