Jerry Spinelli Quotes

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• I listen to the summer symphony outside my window. Truthfully, it's not a symphony at all. There's no tune, no melody, only the same notes…
• Whom do I write for? I write for the story. Each story, it seems to me, knows best how it should be told. As I…
• Peer pressure is just that: pressure.
• It (enchantment) started when the earth was born. It never stops. It is, always. It's just here.
• Write what you care about. If you do that, you stand the best chance of doing your best writing.
• And the more you love someone, the safer it is to be mad at them. Love can handle mad, no problem.
• Angels and crows passed each other, one leaving, the other coming.
• The golden rule of writing is to write what you care about. If you care about your topic, you'll do your best writing, and then…
• It's a shame publishers send rejection slips. Writers should get something more substantial than a slip that amounts to a pile of confetti. Publishers should…
• Nobody told me how hard it was going to be to get published. I wrote four novels that nobody wanted, sent them out all over,…
• I became a children's author by accident.
• I have a curious background for someone who turns out to be a writer.
• In my mind, I'm writing for everybody.
• Usually it takes me about nine to 12 months to write a book.
• I seem to have a natural tendency to want to share my own observations and feelings with other people, and writing seems to be the…
• I went to Gettysburg College, where the famous Civil War battle was fought. I majored in English. I would've liked to major in writing, but…
• Kids still can be said to live in their own little world. Even if their parents are helicoptering around them, assigning play dates and so…
• 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…
• I have to tell you I love living in a world without clocks. The shackles are gone. I’m a puppy unleashed in a meadow of…
• Each night I lie down in a graveyard of memories. Moonlight spins a shroud about me.

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