"I love those adult writers with the pranking ethos, [Don] DeLillo and [Donald] Barthelme and David Foster Wallace. I don't see any reason not to bring those kinds of influences to bear on books for children."

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Source : Source: www.teachingbooks.net

Mac Barnett

#Children Quotes #Book Quotes #Ethos Quotes

“Then what's a synonym for woman?" "Entrails." "You're not very poetic, are you? Well, then, what's the antonym for entrails?" "Milk.”
“There are far too many men in politics and not enough elsewhere.”
“A barracks is meant to be a place where real soldiers were to be fed and equipped for war, not a place to settle down in or as a comfortable snuggery in which to enjoy ourselves. I hope that if ever they, our soldiers, do settle down God will burn their barracks over their heads!”
“One of the speakers asked how many women had been harassed or abused sexually in their life? There were thousands of women in the audience, and almost every one of them raised her hand.”

Source : "New Again: Salt-N-Pepa". Interview with Adrian Rapazzini and Mary Wilson, www.interviewmagazine.com. April 30, 2014.
“Men are generally more careful of the breed of their horses and dogs than of their children.”
“Science is concerned with what is possible while engineering is concerned with choosing, from among the many possible ways, one that meets a number of often poorly stated economic and practical objectives.”
“I've been an amature inventor for a long time.”
“No one can make you jealous, angry, vengeful or greedy. Unless you let him.”

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