Beverly Cleary Quotes

'Dear Mr. Henshaw' came about because two different boys from different parts of the country asked me to write a book about a boy whose parents were divorced, and so I wrote 'Dear Mr. Henshaw,' and it won the Newbery, and I was - it's been very popular.

Beverly Cleary

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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What I like most about an aquarium is that all ages, from toddlers to pre-schoolers to retired grandparents, can really enjoy the wonders of the sea.

Jim Pattison

SeaEnjoyGrandparentsLikeWonders

I had always thought of myself as fairly tough and fairly strong and fairly able to cope with anything. And then I had a series of personal losses. My mother died. A relationship that I was in came to end, and a variety of other things went awry.

Andrew Solomon

MotherRelationshipMyselfThought

I write the music because I can't really write lyrics. But I can write chords like Robin's never heard of. So I provide the music for them to add the lyrics to.

Maurice Gibb

MusicI CanNeverWriteBecauseAdd

The minute a male model looks like he's doing a runway walk, it falls apart. It should look like they're just walking.

Michael Bastian

WalkWalkingDoingLookLooksJust

Fame and fortune and the interstate is great and fun, but it ain't life.

Tracy Lawrence

LifeGreatFunFameFortune

Our promise to our children should be this: if you do well in school, we will pay for you to obtain a college degree.

Ruth Ann Minner

ChildrenSchoolCollegeGraduation

We're all funny. Humor unites us.

Luis Alberto Urrea

FunnyHumorUsUnites

Sundance is such an acquisition-frenzied, industry-centric experience, and at SXSW, many of the movies have distribution. And the focus is more on positioning the movie as opposed to selling them. People are more relaxed.

Jason Blum

ExperienceFocusPeopleMoviesMore

I pictured myself as a virus or a cancer cell and tried to sense what it would be like.

Jonas Salk

MyselfCancerSenseWouldTried

You don't walk like other boys. You don't talk like other boys. But at six, you are not thinking about your sexuality.

Boy George

WalkThinkingYouTalkSexuality

That, we encourage, and I think we're doing a pretty good job with the website and also the DVD, like the first season came out and the second season's being prepared now.

Anthony Michael Hall

GoodJobThinkDoingWebsiteNow

It wasn't the traditional cooking most people do. For me, as a young chef, Thanksgiving meant going to work in the kitchen at places like Gotham, JoJo and Jean-Georges.

Wylie Dufresne

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