"I read books when I was a kid, lots of books. Books always seemed like magic to me. They took you to the most amazing places. When I got older, I realized I couldnâ€™t find books that took me to all the places I wanted to go. To go to those places, I had to write some books myself."

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Source : "The Wild Girls".

Pat Murphy

#Book Quotes #Kids Quotes #Writing Quotes

“A family is a collection of strangers trapped in a web of DNA and forced to cope.”
“I think, as the writer, you're always going to mourn something [left out of a film]. But you also just want to know there's a good reason for it being left out. On the whole, you want to give something to somebody creative. The worst thing you can do is say, "Here, be creative, but do it like I want you to do it." I was always very mindful of that.”
“I was a born troublemaker and might as well earn a living at it.”

Source : Bill Mauldin, Todd DePastino (2008). “Willie & Joe: The WWII Years”, Fantagraphics Books
“If you look back at yesterday and think it was a big deal, then you haven't done anything today.”
“When you go to the theater, if you're really involved in the play, you don't think about it - you're in it.”
“Jace shook his blond head in exasperation. "You had to make a crazy jail friend, didn't you? You couldn't just count ceiling tiles or tame a pet mouse like normal prisoners do?”
“Playing a superhero was an acting challenge for me. It was fun.”

Source : "Hiro of ‘Heroes’: Will the real geek step up?". East Valley Tribune interview, www.eastvalleytribune.com. May 21, 2007.
“There are people who've challenged me on that, but I think there still are. Not everybody looses their virginity when they're 12, there are always these girls who are sort of outside the norm, who have only each other to hang with and talk to. Who are what you would call late bloomers; they don't know it now but when they're 25 they're going to be pretty damn interesting.”

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