"I love it when my books cause controversy, when people argue violently about the ending."

-- Joanne Harris

#Book Quotes #People Quotes #Causes Quotes

“I am fond of depicting the lives of young folks for one thing, and if you have parts for girls or young men, you must absolutely have young people to fill them - that is generally acknowledged now.”
“I also write poems, so that is something that I really enjoy.”
“If you feel guilty about not "playing nice," then you could easily alleviate your guilt by playing nice.”
“The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena; whose face is marred with dust and sweat; who strives valiantly; who errs and may fall again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming.”
“I think it is important to maintain your personality, your roots, very important.”
“There is nothing like competition. It teaches you early in life to win and lose, and, when you lose, to put your chin out instead of dropping it.”
“I believe, and this is something I also learned from Alice Munro, that there's a moment where the personal becomes totally universal. When you see that person in their pathetic moment, that's the moment where the completely unifying sympathy with that person is possible - where you're no longer a person here and they're someone over there, and you can really feel like one, you can really feel like a human being. Or more like, you can really feel like flesh and blood, because I feel like that moment is the same thing with animals.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
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