Beverly Cleary Quotes

Ramona was originally an accidental character I added to the Henry Huggins books because I noticed that none of the characters had siblings. I added Ramona as Beazus' pestering little sister.

Beverly Cleary

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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Since childhood, I wrote a lot of fiction, a lot of stories, but I most loved writing essays.

Jill Lepore

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I felt more doubtful than usual with 'Goon Squad,' because I knew that the book's genre wasn't easily named - Novel? Stories? Novel-in-stories? - and I worried that its lack of a clear category would count against it. My hopes for it were pretty modest.

Jennifer Egan

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My parents were brought up in families which believed theatre people weren't to be trusted. But they were nice people.

Max von Sydow

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Words ought to be a little wild, for they are the assaults of thoughts on the unthinking.

John Maynard Keynes

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Monetary contractions are attractive as the key shocks in the 1929-1933 years, and in other severe depressions, because there do not seem to be any other candidates.

Robert Lucas, Jr.

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Eventually, I'll go back to acting, but for right now, my children are the most important thing in the world to me.

Soleil Moon Frye

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I consider myself to be a very fortunate person and to have led a very fortunate life.

Tom Stoppard

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For 'So Cold the River,' I'm actually working on adapting the book with Scott Silver, who was just nominated for an Oscar for 'The Fighter,' and who also wrote '8 Mile,' which I think is a terrific screenplay. The chance to work with Scott is a tremendous pleasure and I'm learning a lot.

Michael Koryta

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The whole idea of the suburbs was to create these family-friendly places where people could flock and have more control over their existences, and keep things very controlled and placid and keep outside forces at bay.

Josh Hamilton

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My father, a captain in the 5th Battalion of the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders, landed in Normandy the day after D-Day.

Craig Brown

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My understanding of the Scriptures has been made simple by the person of Christ. Christ teaches that God is love.

Bono

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Well, I started conducting kind of by accident. I wanted to give myself a special birthday present for my fortieth birthday, and I was living in San Francisco at the time and I started attending some of the concerts and then simply dropping hints.

Bobby McFerrin

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