American - Writer | August 12, 1937 - July 1, 2014
I write in a small office at home.
Walter Dean Myers
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I like people who take responsibility for their lives.
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I would enjoy having dinner with the poet/playwright Derek Walcott.
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I talk to myself out loud at times, and feel embarrassed when people overhear me.
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I think that what we need to do is say, 'Reading is going to really affect your life.' You take a black man who doesn't have a job, but you say to him, 'Look, you can make a difference in your child's life, just by reading to him for 30 minutes a day.' That's what I would like to do.
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People still try to sell books that way - as 'books can take you to foreign lands.' We've given children this idea that reading and books are a nice option, if you want that kind of thing. I hope we can get over that idea.
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I live intimately with my characters before starting a book. I cut out pictures of them for my wall. I do time lines for each major character and a time line for the entire novel: What is going on in the world as my characters struggle with their problems?
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There is a crisis involving reading in certain communities.
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We all know we should eat right and we should exercise, but reading is treated as if it's this wonderful adjunct.
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We need to tell kids flat out: reading is not optional.
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And I see the - you know, when I go to the juvenile detention centers and prisons, I see people who can't read now. And I know that when they leave those prisons and those detention centers, they're not going to be able to make it in our society.
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I couldn't speak well. I went to speech therapy for 10 years. And I was sort of frustrated in that sense.
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