"If you want to write, find your splinter. Find the thing that pierces you and won't let you go."

-- Megan McDonald

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“Each person's work is always a portrait of himself.”
“I hope that somewhere in Small Town, U.S.A., a 15-year-old kid looks to me as a role model the way I looked at the Indigo Girls and Elton John as role models.”
“I was born in a slum, but the slum wasn't born in me.”
“He who can reach a child's heart can reach the worlds heart.”
“What did I tell you, Mr. Pippin?' said Sam, sheathing his sword. 'Wolves won't get him. That was an eye-opener, and no mistake! Nearly singed the hair off my head!”
“People accuse me of being arrogant all the time. I'm not arrogant, I'm focused.”

Source : "At Home With His Range". Interview with Amy Wallace, articles.latimes.com. October 31, 1999.
“A lot of people believe that if everybody just did what they were told - obeyed - everything would be fine. But that's not what life is all about. That's not real. It's never going to happen.”
“We must remain mindful of the potential impact of over-correcting the authorizations of the intelligence community.”

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