Walter Dean Myers Quotes

I live intimately with my characters before starting a book. I cut out pictures of them for my wall. I do time lines for each major character and a time line for the entire novel: What is going on in the world as my characters struggle with their problems?

Walter Dean Myers

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: August 12, 1937 - July 1, 2014

Topics

LiveCharacterTimeStruggleWorld

Sometimes you come up against a mountain and you end up making the mountain seem bigger than God.

Jeremy Lin

GodMountainEndYouSometimesUp

I'm a big fan of all-you-can-eat plans, because they're simpler for customers.

Jeff Bezos

PlansBigBecauseBig FanCustomers

I'm not a religious person; I'm more of a spiritual person, so I follow the rules of the Bible that coordinate with and connect with the Hebrew culture.

Amar'e Stoudemire

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We must make sure that all of our returning servicemembers are honored and taken care of, no matter the wounds they bear.

Ron DeSantis

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Real freedom is having nothing. I was freer when I didn't have a cent.

Mike Tyson

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My father, Anthony, was a textile agent who sold fabric in the West End and was away a lot. He was very glamorous. When he first met my mum, he swept her off into this big, social world.

Lisa Jewell

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I've got too much respect for stand-ups to call myself one.

Johnny Vegas

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If the clockwork universe equated the human body with the mechanics of the clock, the digital universe now equates human consciousness with the processing of the computer. We joke that things don't compute, that we need a reboot, or that our memory has been wiped.

Douglas Rushkoff

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Labels don't really impress, it's the uniqueness and risk in decor that inspire.

Bryan Batt

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The whole key about the no-huddle is getting first downs because if you're getting three-and-out, it kind of defeats the purpose.

Brock Osweiler

PurposeKeyYouKindFirstWhole

What I've learned is that the audience is constantly rotating. Just because it feels like I've said it, there are millions and millions of people that have still never heard of it.

Suze Orman

PeopleJust BecauseSaidNeverJust

I train for about an hour five days a week and feel I'm in the best shape I've ever been. I can eat what I want and that includes scoffing half a big bar of Cadbury's a day.

Peter Andre

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