Beverly Cleary Quotes

I don't necessarily start with the beginning of the book. I just start with the part of the story that's most vivid in my imagination and work forward and backward from there.

Beverly Cleary

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: April 12, 1916

Topics

WorkImaginationBeginningStart

Narrative is so rich; it's given up so much.

Jim Crace

RichUpNarrativeMuchGiven

I remember when we were called 'colored,' and Dr. King would always tell young people not to get upset at what people called you. He said if it is not the name your mother gave you, then smile, keep walking, and that's exactly what we did.

Jesse White

SmileMotherKingPeopleNameYou

I know I'm breaking a taboo by using the term antiwhite racism, but I do so intentionally, because it's the reality some of our fellow citizens live with, and remaining quiet about it only aggravates their trauma.

Jean-Francois Cope

LiveRacismRealityQuietKnowOnly

When you've got the Daytona 500 out there at stake and everything riding on the line, guys go for it, and the guys that go for it are the ones that are either going to win or they're going to wreck.

Jeff Gordon

WinYouGoGo For ItRidingLine

Relax. I am not the man I am portrayed to be by some.

Rodrigo Duterte

ManI AmRelaxSomePortrayedAm

We were playing, not for the drunks, but for the musicians, because it was more intellectually challenging. We needed somewhere to put our energy to show that we were growing, and as we started to achieve this, people came to hear us musically.

Ronnie Hawkins

PeopleEnergyMusiciansAchieveMore

Yes, you know sometimes, we started out thinking out how strange our painting was next to normal painting, which was anything expressionist. You forget that this has been thirty five years now and people don't look at it as if it were some kind of oddity.

Roy Lichtenstein

PeoplePaintingThinkingYouLook

The Great Seal has got it all - everything liberals despise is there, front and center.

Mike Gallagher

GreatEverythingCenterGotFront

A social impact bond is a new way of bringing financing into social and environmental support issues.

Judith Rodin

SupportEnvironmentalBondImpact

My dad was very rough with us.

Jason Day

UsRoughVeryDad

Hey, I think comic actors are the best actors.

Chris O'Dowd

BestThinkHeyI ThinkComic

You can make bad writing 'OK,' but... you really need to start with a good script and with characters that are three-dimensional and with great dialogue. It's a difficult lesson to learn because good writing is hard to come by, but it's definitely worth chasing.

Corey Stoll

GoodGreatWritingStartLearnYou

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