"Once I got into college, I discovered literature……" — Matt de la Pena
"Once I got into college, I discovered literature - in particular, multicultural literature. I just started to understand the power of story and narrative, and you know, like anyone else, I kind of wanted to do it, too."
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13 Quotes by Matt de la Pena
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My chest got this weird feeling, like when you stare into the eyes of a little baby and the baby…
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The feeling it gave me was an odd combination of weightless self-pity and excitement. I understood my life was meaningless,…
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I was really drawn to spoken-word style poetry. I loved the rhythms, and for some reason, I was just drawn…
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I guess I don't really know what I want to do, either. Sometimes I feel like a shook-up bottle of…
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When I'm following what a character does in a book I don't have to think about my own life. Where…
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But when you read books you almost feel like you're out there in the world. Like you're going on this…
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People always think there's this huge hundred-foot-high barrier that separates doing good from doing bad. But there's not. There's nothing.…
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But mostly I remember every morning before school. How she'd say "Hey, honey!" just I was walking out the apartment…
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When I was young, I grew up in a family of working-class people. Not just my parents, but my extended…
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In all of my books, I really want to work with working-class people. My goal is to show the moments…
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I used to be so angry about the kids that had stuff. Like the kids that had cars, the kids…
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Even though I was a reluctant reader in junior high and high school, I found myself writing poems in the…
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