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Jerry Spinelli has 149 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:
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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…
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Whom do I write for? I write for the story. Each story, it seems to me, knows best how it should be…
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Peer pressure is just that: pressure.
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It (enchantment) started when the earth was born. It never stops. It is, always. It's just here.
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Write what you care about. If you do that, you stand the best chance of doing your best writing.
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And the more you love someone, the safer it is to be mad at them. Love can handle mad, no problem.
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Angels and crows passed each other, one leaving, the other coming.
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The golden rule of writing is to write what you care about. If you care about your topic, you'll do your best…
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It's a shame publishers send rejection slips. Writers should get something more substantial than a slip that amounts to a pile of…
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Nobody told me how hard it was going to be to get published. I wrote four novels that nobody wanted, sent them…
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I became a children's author by accident.
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I have a curious background for someone who turns out to be a writer.
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