'The Sundial' is written with the kind of humor that would make a guillotine laugh.
Victor LaValle
Recitation: by Male by Female
Now I don't really write for adults or kids - I don't write for kids, I write about them. I think you need to do that, otherwise you end up preaching down.
Jerry Spinelli
ThinkEndYouDownNowNeed
Endings are the toughest, harder than beginnings. They must satisfy the expectations you have hopefully generated in your reader - not frustrate them, leave the reader grasping at elusive strings.
Jeffrey Thomas
ExpectationsYouLeaveBeginnings
Every published writer, myself included, was at one time unpublished. All writers know what rejection feels like.
Andrew Shaffer
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I think I probably have the philosophy of a poor man. You know, like maybe I'd steal the pennies off a dead man's eyes.
John Cassavetes
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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
LifeLoveChildrenChildhoodMeOld
I think people forget that bipartisanship is really the burden of the victor, not the loser.
Mike Huckabee
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Colonial governors and senior civil servants are not easy people to argue with, and I was not popular because of my criticism of the colonial service in Kenya.
Louis Leakey
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I'm a firm believer in the circle of commerce.
Joy Mangano
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I feel as if I'm God's champion, and I have a lot of pride in that.
Jon Jones
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If the events of September 11, 2001, have proven anything, it's that the terrorists can attack us, but they can't take away what makes us American - our freedom, our liberty, our civil rights. No, only Attorney General John Ashcroft can do that.
Jon Stewart
FreedomAmericanLibertyCivil Rights
Over the years, I've heard pop artists do some Christmas songs, and I haven't fully cared for them. They weren't the traditional Christmas music that I was raised on and love. Thinking of that, I wanted to make my songs mimic the classic Christmas songs.
Colbie Caillat
LoveMusicThinkingChristmasOver
Why, when I was a child, I didn't say, as most children do, that I was going to become an actress. I felt that I was an actress and no one could have convinced me that I wasn't!
Antoinette Perry
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