Betsy Byars Quotes

My husband has some very interesting hobbies, and through him, I've learned to fly and earned my pilot's license. Together, we fly all over the United States. Since our children are all grown now, we also travel a great deal in Europe, but we take commercial flights because our plane is not really equipped to make transatlantic flights.

Betsy Byars

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: August 7, 1928

Topics

ChildrenGreatTogetherTravelFly

There's no secret to working with kids. They either charm you and you can work with them, or they don't charm you and you feel you're stuck with them.

Jerome Robbins

WorkFeelYouSecretCharmWorking

The idea that people in novels should be more sympathetic than people in life simply baffles me.

Andrew O'Hagan

LifePeopleMeMoreIdeaThan

In the mid-2000s, I kind of accidentally became a music editor.

Steven Price

MusicKindEditorAccidentally

I was definitely Theater-Band Geek/Straight-Up Boss Subgroup C. I was really into band and theater and super into music at the time. I loved performing arts, and that would definitely be my group.

RJ Cyler

MusicTimeBossLovedGroupBand

It's impossible to play a run with as much feeling as a single note. I've never been so much into runs as making single notes cry.

Robin Trower

ImpossibleFeelingPlayCryRun

My foundation was created so I can find a way to improve the living conditions of my people in the African continent, not just in Congo.

Dikembe Mutombo

PeopleFoundationFindI CanLiving

Proponents of same-sex marriage regularly label opponents 'radical' and 'extremist.' However, given that no society in thousands of years has allowed same-sex marriage, it is, by definition, the proponents of same-sex marriage whose position is radical and extreme.

Dennis Prager

MarriageSocietyYearsPosition

I did rebel. I was the rebel in my family, because my dad wanted me to go and just travel with him.

Dhani Harrison

FamilyTravelMeRebelGoHim

A tiny radish of passionate scarlet, tipped modestly in white.

Clementine Paddleford

WhitePassionateTinyScarlet

Having children really changes your priorities.

Cindy Crawford

ChildrenPrioritiesHaving Children

I have a very small platform, and if I can use that to reach some kid who's teased for being effeminate or likes clothes, then I've done my job.

Brad Goreski

JobSmallReachClothesI CanDone

Something that happens to me is that I'll write a play specifically from my own experience, and then I'll inevitably be told that I'm being tunnel-visioned about it. People always ask, 'What about that other race? Or discrimination toward those people?'

Branden Jacobs-Jenkins

ExperiencePeopleMePlayMy Own

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