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“Any time a young adult book throws a girl and a guy together, the clock starts running on the countdown to the kiss.” quote by Jeff Giles — Download Open image

“Any time a young adult book throws a girl and a guy together, the clock starts running on the countdown to the kiss.”

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Scott Bradfield writes weird, oblique, unsettling stuff.

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There are all kinds of voices in YA, and they are realistic and unflinching.

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Jean Thompson's short-story collection 'Who Do You Love' is a beautiful book, but a hell of a sad one.

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I know Peter Jackson a tiny-tiny bit from interviewing him about the 'Lord of the Rings' movies over the years. When I was visiting…

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The YA category changes pretty fast. I'm so impressed by what these authors do.

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Making a summer movie is like accepting a mission impossible: your enemies are everywhere, and if you fail, the studio's never heard of you.

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I had written many things as a journalist, but I had no idea if I could write something scary or romantic or touching that…

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It's been said that Generation X should get a life. Well, in 'Bottle Rocket,' they get a life of crime. Or at least try.

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Sharon Stone has made a fortune from her movies, so who says you can't get something for nothing?

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I didn't want to write a pure fantasy novel, though I love those and grew up on J. R. R. Tolkien and Ursula LeGuin.

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Because I'm a writer, I'm really good at being nervous.

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Authors all have at least one thing in common, which is that when we finally get finished copies of our books, we get giddy…

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If I had a dollar for every time I couldn’t sleep, I could buy a billion locks and finally read a book in peace.

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If what I write is literature, I guess you'd better emphasize the 'litter.'

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My sentences got sharper and my stories more efficient, and I gradually learned to imagine the reader more clearly and to empathize with that…

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“Within the pages of books, I've journeyed to Mandalay, the Milky Way and Santa Fe, without once having to leave my armchair.”

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The Rosary is the book of the blind.

Fulton J. Sheen

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“Tacitus did not write a most dangerous book. His readers made it so.”

Christopher K. Krebs

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“Take some books and read; that’s an immense help; and books are always good company if you have the right sort.”

Louisa May Alcott

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Reader, if you are gifted with nerves like mine, aspire to any character but that of a wit.

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I have many who keep me going, I am very fortunate in this sense. There is nothing like a child who knows more about…

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