"Most new writers think it's easy to write for children, but it's not. You have to get in a beginning, middle and end, tell a great story, write well, not be condescending-all in a few pages."

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Source : "The World Doesn't Need Another Rhyming Tooth Fairy Story: A Conversation with Children's Book Agent Andrea Brown". Interview with Anna Olswanger, www.underdown.org. 1998.

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“Being from Staten Island and Brooklyn, I'm used to eating pasta and meatballs every single day.”
“If mourning is denied outlet, the result will be suffering,”
“I testify of the great blessing of children and of the happiness they will bring us in this life and in the eternities,”
“The essential component of being a DJ is setting the mood; it's playing to the context. So that if you're not able to adapt from one context to another, then you're not a DJ.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“And things are never okay. It does get better I guess, in that you grow to love yourself if you're lucky. But it doesn't get better because life is hard, and people aren't always nice.”

Source : "Mx Justin Vivian Bond: Backwards and in High Heels". Interview with Ron Bennington, theinterrobang.com. October 24, 2011.
“It seems a bit weird to call someone your girlfriend when you have a child.”
“How much research I have to do depends on the nature of the story. For fantasy, none at all.”
“The world is governed by opinion.”

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