"I have a curious background for someone who……" — Jerry Spinelli
"I have a curious background for someone who turns out to be a writer."
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149 Quotes by Jerry Spinelli
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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…
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Whom do I write for? I write for the story. Each story, it seems to me, knows best how it…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Nobody told me how hard it was going to be to get published. I wrote four novels that nobody wanted,…
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I became a children's author by accident.
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In my mind, I'm writing for everybody.
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My background was producing and writing and performing in television when I started out, and I really missed that, that…
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The one thing that unites all human beings, regardless of age, gender, religion or ethnic background, is that we all…
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More varied than any landscape was the landscape in the sky, with islands of gold and silver, peninsulas of apricot…
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One's mind has a way of making itself up in the background, and it suddenly becomes clear what one means…
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I'm not a judgmental person, so I can't comment on someone else's background.
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Unfortunately, the boards of art institutions tend to be populated with well-meaning supporters of the arts who often lack any…
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I believe all men, all women, regardless of race, gender, socioeconomic background, you deserve the same rights.
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