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Jacqueline Woodson Quotes

I don't believe there are 'struggling' readers, 'advanced' readers, or 'non' readers.

Jacqueline Woodson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: writer
Nationality: american
Birth: February 12, 1963

Topics

Believe Struggling Advanced Readers

I've got a poem that's in a lot of international anthologies called 'After the Anonymous Swedish' and I thought, 'Well, I'm a Swede. I can make up a Swedish poem.' It turned out pretty good.

Good Thought I Can Out Up Pretty

For three days after death, hair and fingernails continue to grow but phone calls taper off.

Death Hair Grow Phone Three Days

Now I think that going to the gym is the best drug. I go four times a week and it gives me the buzz I need.

Best Me Think Week Gym Go

My mother fiercely valued education. She entered college the same year I did, in 1979, and graduated eight years later. She was a remarkable role model for all of us.

Education Mother College Year She

Even if you're having a snack, enjoying it in a beautiful teacup or on a lovely plate makes it feel like more of an event.

Mary Helen Bowers

Beautiful Feel You More Lovely Even

It seems that the most important thing about Reagan was his anti-Communism and his reputation as a hawk who saw the Soviet Union as an 'evil empire.'

Mikhail Gorbachev

Evil Reputation Important Hawk Saw

My wife says I spend my life trying to teach white folks. I'm not so sure I'm proud of it, but she's right.

Life Wife Proud My Life Trying She

You get the best effort from others not by lighting a fire beneath them, but by building a fire within.

Best Fire Effort Building You Get

Poets, in their way, are practical men; they are interested in results.

Men Results Way Practical Interested

As I've gotten older, I realize how important my fans are and that I'm here because of them and not the other way around.

Rick Springfield

Important Way Realize Fans Here How

What's the difference between tough love and acting like a jerk?

Love Tough Acting Difference Jerk

I just realized I have probably spent more time in a strip club than Rihanna has, and that is saying a lot because she goes a lot!

Time Saying More She Club Just

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