Mal Peet Quotes

I try to write stories that will attract younger readers and make them feel part of a wider readership. I do not feel able to write books that are about, or even for, teenagers; and I am inclined to be suspicious of books which 'target' them.

Mal Peet

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: October 5, 1947 - March 2, 2015

Topics

I AmFeelTargetWillTryWrite

I'm not a new-agey person, but narrative is ancient and wise and generous.

Jim Crace

WisePersonNarrativeAncient

I love escaping into character. It's a chance to try on people that you wouldn't be brave or stupid enough to be in real life.

Andrea Corr

LifeLoveCharacterPeopleBrave

I need a break. I've been working for about a year and a half. I think I'd like to go to Pakistan.

Mia Kirshner

ThinkYearGoNeedBreakWorking

Between stimulus and response, there is a space where we choose our response.

Stephen Covey

AttitudeSpaceChooseWhereResponse

When you're playing King Lear, you have to have a little humour, or you will have no tragedy when the king dies.

Robert Wilson

KingYouTragedyWillHumourLittle

The one thing that TV is bad at doing is preaching. There are two extremes, you either turn the people into a punchline or turn them into hero, and both of those things suck, because most people are neither in real life.

Mike Rowe

LifeHeroPeopleDoingYouBad

I love horror movies like 'The Exorcist' and 'The Shining,' which freaked me out but in a good way. And I love gore.

Milly Shapiro

LoveGoodMeMoviesHorrorWay

I only had one focus and one direction, and I knew where my spirit and heart lived, and it was in singing and dancing and acting, being that. I know a lot of young people dream that, but it's good that it worked out for me because it was all I ever wanted to do.

Cheryl Ladd

GoodHeartFocusPeopleMeSinging

I was able to accomplish pretty much everything I set out to do with my run on Superman, and I'm really proud of how it turned out. I hope that readers enjoyed it, too!

Chris Roberson

HopeProudAccomplishSupermanRun

I wear what I want.

Brad Goreski

WantWear

When I said, 'I'm only 19, but my mind is old' - at that time, when I said that line, I was 18.

Prodigy

TimeMindSaidOldLineOnly

When I believe, I am crazy. When I don't believe, I suffer psychotic depression.

Philip K. Dick

DepressionI AmCrazyBelieveSuffer

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