A terrific sadness swept over Jerry. As if somebody had died. The way he felt standing in the cemetry that day they… — Robert Cormier Copy Share Image
There are no taboos. Every topic is open, however shocking. It is the way that the topics are handled that's important, and… — Robert Cormier Copy Share Image
Salinger is such a terrific writer; he did so many great things. He is one of those writers that I still reread,… — Robert Cormier Copy Share Image
He hated to think of his own life stretching ahead of him that way, a long succession of days and nights that… — Robert Cormier Copy Share Image
As much as there is joy in writing, there's always the little bit of terror to keep you on edge, on your… — Robert Cormier Copy Share Image
Kids tell me all the time, "I don't know how you do it, but that's us in the book." That's the kind… — Robert Cormier Copy Share Image
You hope that people read your book and say "Yes, this is the way it is or could be." But then you… — Robert Cormier Copy Share Image
I use a lot of similes and metaphors when I work, simply because it's my best way of describing a building or… — Robert Cormier Copy Share Image
We all start out with the same alphabet. We are all unique. Talent is not the most important thing --- discipline and… — Robert Cormier Copy Share Image
When you get the ideas, that's a thrill; when you're writing the book and it's corning out well, that's a thrill; when… — Robert Cormier Copy Share Image
...pain reaches a certain point and does not get worse but remains in all its intensity and you can survive it. — Robert Cormier Copy Share Image
It came to me that hell would not be fire and smoke after all but arctic, everything white and frigid. Hell would be not… — Robert Cormier Copy Share Image
I don't like to think in terms of writing ten or twelve pages a day. Usually I'm writing a scene, and it's always with… — Robert Cormier Copy Share Image
“Mr. Sinclair once asked the class to make a list of the ten most beautiful words in the English language, and the only word… — Robert Cormier Copy Share Image
The earliest influence on me was the movies of the thirties when I was growing up. Those were stories. If you look at them… — Robert Cormier Copy Share Image
“He was afraid that his body would come loose, all his bones spilling out like a building collapsing, like a picket fence clattering apart.” — Robert Cormier Copy Share Image
I have always had a sense that we are all pretty much alone in life, particularly in adolescence. — Robert Cormier Copy Share Image
I don't mean to be insolent. I'm truthful. I tell the truth and the truth sometimes hurts. For instance, you have bad breath, Lieutenant.… — Robert Cormier Copy Share Image
The beautiful part of writing is that you don't have to get it right the first time, unlike, say, a brain surgeon. You can… — Robert Cormier Copy Share Image
That's what Archie did - built a house nobody could anticipate a need for, except himself, a house that was invisible to everyone else. — Robert Cormier Copy Share Image
“They tell you to do your own thing but they don't mean it. They don't want you to do your thing, not unless it… — Robert Cormier Copy Share Image
