“I never consciously set out to be an actor. I just kind of did whatever acting I could do.” Quote by Adelaide Clemens
“In a photo shoot, you have to be very comfortable in your own skin. It's all about confidence-boosting and putting on armor.” ComfortableSkinsArmorPhoto ShootsConfidence BoostingComfortable In Your Own Skin Author:Adelaide Clemens
“I live in L.A. and I do have wonderful friends; I moved there when I was 19 so I developed a close knit group of friends, none of whom are actors, none of which are Australian, but I couldn't do it long term.” LongActorsTermWonderfulGroupsMovedLong TermAustralianGroup Of FriendsWonderful Friends Author:Adelaide Clemens
“I really like being thrown into the works. Many actors, I have found, have this as a common trait. We had to, as children, adapt to various situations with either a military family or things like that.” ChildrenActorsFoundCommonSituationMilitaryVariousThrownTraitsMilitary Family Author:Adelaide Clemens
“I remember vividly one distinct memory of arriving in Hong Kong and being the only blonde haired girl in this sea of international students, and thinking, 'Oh, my God. There's no hiding here.” ThinkingRememberGirlMemoriesSeaStudentsInternationalHidingBlondeArrivingHong Kong Author:Adelaide Clemens
“I huff and puff and struggle with every sentence, paragraph and page - sometimes every word as well.” WellsSometimesStrugglePagesSentencesParagraphPuff Author:Aidan Chambers
“Readers are made by readers - it is so obvious it is almost banal to say it.” MadeReaderObvious Author:Aidan Chambers
“You become a reader by reading the literature, not by reading the handbooks about it.” ReadingLiteratureReader Author:Aidan Chambers
“You get to be wiser by storying the world and seeing it through other forms of consciousness than your own.” WorldFormConsciousnessSeeingWiser Author:Aidan Chambers
“Fame, money and the size of the market are not very important to me. What is, is writing a book that is worth doing and then publishing it. I don't write books for entertainment, for people to pass the time then throw away.” PeopleWritingImportantBookFameSizeEntertainmentPublishingWriting A Book Author:Aidan Chambers
“I will not compromise on language or content. At 15, people can handle the same language as me, they're just as complicated as me and are very interested in thinking about important questions for the first time.” PeopleThinkingFirstsImportantLanguageFirst TimeComplicatedHandleCompromiseImportant Questions Author:Aidan Chambers