My mother used to say, "Tell your brain you want that piece of information or you want to solve this problem, and then just walk away from it. Just forget about it. Just do something else, completely distract yourself, and… — Emma Walton Hamilton Copy Share Image
I think you have to have a personal connection, and that's what I am always looking to try to create: a personal way in… — Emma Walton Hamilton Copy Share Image
Dramatic reading and writing for kids can open a window to individuality and to expression that nothing else does, because all of a sudden… — Emma Walton Hamilton Copy Share Image
I was able to hide a lot behind 'Walton,' and found that to be quite useful. — Emma Walton Hamilton Copy Share Image
So often we think, well, kids learn to read at school, I don't have to be responsible for that. But in fact they learn… — Emma Walton Hamilton Copy Share Image
And for me I think I was originally a theater person, a producer/director/actor. — Emma Walton Hamilton Copy Share Image
I am passionate about reading, for myself and for kids. Our future as a compassionate, productive, healthy society is rooted in our continuing to… — Emma Walton Hamilton Copy Share Image
Netflix is so amazing because they take chances. They'll take a risk, be edgy, be quirky. — Emma Walton Hamilton Copy Share Image
The arts give kids the building blocks with which to then play. — Emma Walton Hamilton Copy Share Image
Graphic novels might really speak to one child who's struggling with the other kinds of reading and might help them discover that storytelling is… — Emma Walton Hamilton Copy Share Image
We're both very passionate about the arts. Mom, of course with her arts background. I have a theater background and work with children. — Emma Walton Hamilton Copy Share Image
My mother used to say, "Tell your brain you want that piece of information or you want to solve this problem, and then just… — Emma Walton Hamilton Copy Share Image
If you wait until you're an adult to be exposed to the arts, it could seem elitist, it could seem out of reach, it… — Emma Walton Hamilton Copy Share Image
I think that children who read are better writers, and children who tell stories appreciate books. — Emma Walton Hamilton Copy Share Image
I think I personally, as a writer, read differently knowing how tough it is to write, knowing how challenging it is to articulate it,… — Emma Walton Hamilton Copy Share Image
