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Quote by Jerry Pinkney

“We live in a time when there is an abundance of ways we can express ourselves.”

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Jerry Pinkney, born on December 22, 1939, is an accomplished children's book illustrator. His works are renowned for their unique style and exquisite craftsmanship, captivating readers of all ages. more

“Though the blame cannot be placed entirely on publishers, I do think a more diverse pool of editors would go a long way toward broadening the perspective. Our role is to work together to create books that act as wide-open doors - books that allow all children to walk through and feel safe enough to stay.”

Thinking Way Feels Children Long Book Enough Together Walks Roles Doors Perspective Safe Blame Wide Working Together Editors Pool Diverse Publishers Long Way

Author:Jerry Pinkney

“Make it all about the work. Everything else will follow.”

Author:Jerry Pinkney

“I don't think virtue has a downside. I think human nature does.”

Thinking Humans Doe Virtue Human Nature

Author:Catherine Brady

“You don't really have a story until you discover the moment when the pressures on a character force a sudden, abrupt shift in direction and she falls through the net that has so far held her in place.”

Moments Character Stories Fall Force Pressure

Author:Catherine Brady

“If you cross-section anyone's life from one angle and then another, what constitutes goodness looks different each time. It's not an absolute.”

Ifs Looks Different Goodness Crosses Absolutes Angle Sections

Author:Catherine Brady

“My Irish Catholic mother loved romantic movies, provided they ended with a kiss before the screen went dark. If things went any further than that, she'd complain, Why can't they leave something to the imagination? I sort of subscribe to her philosophy when it comes to writing sex.”

Ifs Writing Philosophy Mother Sex Imagination Dark Kissing Catholic Screens Complaining

Author:Catherine Brady

“I think it's very hard to be sexually explicit and erotic - though there are writers, like K. M. Soehnlein, who are just brilliant at this.”

Thinking Hard Brilliant Erotic Sexually Explicit

Author:Catherine Brady

“It's hard to write sex because it's hard to write desire, period.”

Writing Hard Desire Sex Periods

Author:Catherine Brady

“For me, what's compelling about sexuality is the way that desire transforms what we take in through our senses, the ways in which our bodies betray us or rescue us by insisting on their own non-negotiable truths. Anything but frank or pragmatic.”

Way Body Desire Sexuality Senses Betray Frank Rescue Compelling Pragmatic Insisting

Author:Catherine Brady

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