All I can think is that when you torment a person...the soul dies. When the soul dies, I suppose mercy dies, too. — Avi Compassion Copy Share Image
Listen and watch the world around you. Don't be satisfied with answers others give you. — Avi Answers Copy Share Image
Let's agree then . . . if you're about to come to a conclusion, you'll head off in another direction. You might… — Avi Agree Copy Share Image
In elementary school, I did well in science, but I was a poor writer. When I got to high school, I failed… — Avi Courses Copy Share Image
“The boys, hearing this declaration, allowed not the slightest hint that they had ever heard anything like it before.” — Avi Declaration Copy Share Image
“Keep on living 'till we die. No other way; it will come. And there's nothing we can do about it. But (...)… — Avi Childhood Copy Share Image
“Magic," her mother said, "is a kind of hope. And wishes are like dreams. When we have them, we can make things… — Avi Dreams Copy Share Image
I think you become a writer when you stop writing for yourself or your teachers and start thinking about readers. — Avi About Copy Share Image
“Something Zachariah told me filled my mind and excited my heart: "A Sailor," he said, "chooses the wind that takes the ship… — Avi Inspirational Copy Share Image
Don't assume that because everyone believes a thing, that it is right or wrong. Reason things out for yourself. Work to get… — Avi Answers Copy Share Image
I kept asking myself if I felt different, if I was different. The answer was always yes. I was no longer nothing…… — Avi Answers Copy Share Image
“Do you know how you can tell a professional writer from an amateur?" "No." "An amateur worries about the work before starting.… — Avi Amateur Copy Share Image
“And there I sit, listening to it all. It’s wonderful how much you can learn by just being quiet and listening. Sometimes… — Avi Communication Copy Share Image
I don't like the idea of a book being a test or being used for a test. The way - in my… — Avi Being Copy Share Image
A sailor chooses the wind that takes the ship from a safe port. Ah, yes, but once you're abroad, as you have… — Avi Be careful Copy Share Image
I was born in New York City, along with a twin sister. I am five minutes older than Emily. It was Emily,… — Avi Along Copy Share Image
Now give me a kiss, say you love me and off you go." "Sure, Aunt Lu," I said, and I gave her… — Avi Asking Copy Share Image
I try to write about complex issues--young people in an adult world-- full of irony and contradiction in a narrative style that… — Avi Adults Copy Share Image
“Laurence, not sure what to do, remained standing below the steps. "And who is this?" Mrs Hamlyn asked. Patrick looked back. "His… — Avi Gaze Copy Share Image
“I JUST FINISHED READING WOLF RIDER SUCH A GOOD BOOK...YOU HAVE TO TO READ IT!!!!” — Avi Book Copy Share Image
It seems to me that you won't have had a proper series of adventures, unless you've gone through thick and thin. — Avi Adventure Copy Share Image
“Like Indian corn in August, the "what ifs" in my life were growing fast. Too fast.” — Avi August Copy Share Image
It makes it harder to write if I watch a lot of television, because television is not like a written story. — Avi Because Copy Share Image
A sailor may choose the wind to ride out of seaport, but the wind has a mind of it's own. — Avi May Copy Share Image
“Not for nothing are they called deadlines. By the time you reach the final line, sir, you are indeed dead.” — Avi Deadlines Copy Share Image
My mind has become somewhat like a book. What I mean by that is that when I look at the world, I… — Avi Become Copy Share Image
Writing takes a lot of patience. It usually takes me a year to write a book. One time, it took me 14… — Avi Book Copy Share Image
The cure for unhappiness...It's this: What a person needs is always more than they say. — Avi Cures Copy Share Image
“A sailor chooses the wind that takes the ship from a safe port. Ah, yes, but once you're abroad, as you have… — Avi Psychology Copy Share Image
Writers don't write writing, they write reading. When I was a kid, I read four or five books a week. And that… — Avi Became Copy Share Image
