"When you write for children and young adults, you have much more affect and influence on them than when you write for adults. The books that get us through our childhood stay with us for life."

-- O.R. Melling

#Children Quotes #Book Quotes #Writing Quotes

“What if desire wasn't an urge to be tamed, but a beacon of truth to be followed?”
“I want to be rich in all the foods Iâ€™ve tasted and all the places Iâ€™ve been and all the people Iâ€™ve kissed.”

Source : "Sam Smith Uncovered: 10 Interesting Facts" by Katie Rosbottom, www.famefocus.com. October 8, 2014.
“I know guys in my hometown that drive by feel and sound.”
“In 1972 Charlie Chaplin was allowed back to America to receive an honorary Oscar, 'for the incalculable he had on making motion pictures the art form of this century'. That's what the Academy was always for - to blur the equation enough so that profit and fame could be called art.”
“If I like the story and it's well written, and it's a character I want to play and they'll pay me, then I decide to do it.”
“True confidence leaves no room for jealousy. When you know your are great, you have no need to hate.”
“Anger can serve a useful purpose if it is justified and directed appropriately. But when it's only a substitute for self-loathing and a justification for cruelty to others, the trigger in your brain can become horribly destructive and addicted to that emotion. It's like a tornado that blows away all of your pleasure and replaces it with emotional poison.”
“Ability in man is an apt good, if it be applied to good ends.”

You may also like:

Ari Berk
Writer
Delia Sherman
Writer
Ekaterina Sedia
Author
Ellen Kushner
Writer
Francesca Lia Block
Writer
Gerry Adams
Politician
Mervyn Peake
Writer
Midori Snyder
Writer
Mitchell Reiss
Diplomat