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“It makes it harder to write if I watch a lot of television, because television is not like a written story.” quote by Avi — Download Open image

“It makes it harder to write if I watch a lot of television, because television is not like a written story.”

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I don't like the idea of a book being a test or being used for a test. The way - in my opinion - to make good readers is to let kids choose their own books and not test them.

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I think you become a writer when you stop writing for yourself or your teachers and start thinking about readers.

Now give me a kiss, say you love me and off you go." "Sure, Aunt Lu," I said, and I gave her the kiss she wanted. Then I ran out and caught my bus. I didn't say I loved her. I guess I did. But asking someone to say they love you--and she always asked--is like buying yourself a birthday…

All I can think is that when you torment a person...the soul dies. When the soul dies, I suppose mercy dies, too.

“The boys, hearing this declaration, allowed not the slightest hint that they had ever heard anything like it before.”

Listen and watch the world around you. Don't be satisfied with answers others give you.

“The more I came to know of the world, the more I knew I knew it not.”

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