Becky Albertalli Quotes

I've been fat since fourth grade and bullied for it, but I still knew I couldn't represent every kids' experience.

Becky Albertalli

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I have several writer friends, but I don't involve them in my work process. I'm more likely to talk about the business of publishing with them.

Jodi Picoult

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I'm not much crazier than anybody else, but I'm not much saner.

Robert Stone

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Film is not literature - the image on screen is the information you get.

John Hurt

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When I was seven years old, I fell in love with a series published by Bobbs-Merrill called 'The Childhood of Famous Americans.' In it, historical figures like Clara Barton, Nancy Hanks, Elias Howe, Patrick Henry, and dozens more came to life for me as children.

Ann Hood

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I was a Chicago theater actress until my early 30s, so I got to do a lot of meaty stuff in theater.

Amy Landecker

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A person is a fool to become a writer. His only compensation is absolute freedom.

Roald Dahl

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I got really depressed when Sidney Moncrief lost to Larry Bird. That really depressed me.

Matt Besser

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The last three books are much more a case of a moment of history, what happened almost by accident or coincidence, like being in the same elevator or lifeboat.

Michael Ondaatje

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You end up as you deserve. In old age you must put up with the face, the friends, the health, and the children you have earned.

Judith Viorst

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My first job was at Proctor and Gamble in Cincinnati, my second job was at a pharmaceutical company in Berkeley Heights, New Jersey. My third job was at Palmolive. And I realized, three jobs in three years, maybe it wasn't the job. It had to be me.

Dee Rees

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Social issues have been used to distract Americans from their own self interests since Nixon's southern strategy, and now people are paying the price.

Deborah Kass

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I don't know how much influence we really had, because we never put our pictures on the albums or anything and we never really promoted the Talking Heads connection, because we wanted to keep it separate from Talking Heads.

Chris Frantz

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