“Try becoming a person people want to be with rather than conforming yourself to the false identity of what you conceive their ideal to be.” PeopleWantTryingPersonsIdentityBecomingIdealsConform Author:An Na
“I came from a real tough neighborhood. I put my hand in some cement and felt another hand.” RealHumorHandsFunnyFeltComedyToughNeighborhoodCement Author:Rodney Dangerfield
“A massive amount of quantity with a deliberate focus on improvement leads to the knowledge and experience of how to make quality.” QualityFocusAmountImprovementMassiveQuantityDeliberateKnowledge And Experience Author:An Na
“No one deserves anything from you. No one deserves your trust or your love—they have to earn it.” Deserve Author:An Na
“French name. English accent. American school. Anna confused.” SchoolNamesHumorousConfusedAccentsAnnaFrench Kiss Author:An Na
“The (editing) work was like peeling an onion. The outer skin came off with difficulty... but in no time youd be down to its innards, tears streaming from your eyes as more and more beautiful reductions became possible.” EyeBeautifulTearsSkinsDifficultyEditingReductionOnionsStreamingPeelingPeeling An Onion Author:Edward Blishen
“Being a librarian certainly helped me with my writing because it made me even more of a reader, and I was always an enthusiastic reader. Writing and reading seem to me to be different aspects of a single imaginative act.” WritingMadeDifferentSeemsReadingReaderAspectImaginativeEnthusiasticLibrarianWriting And Reading Author:Margaret Mahy
“Anyone interested in the world generally can't help being interested in young adult culture - in the music, the bands, the books, the fashions, and the way in which the young adult community develops its own language.” WorldWayBookHelpingYoungCultureLanguageCommunityFashionBandAdultsYoung Adult Author:Margaret Mahy
“Try not to become disappointed if someone doesn't like a story you've written. Stick up for your ideas, but listen to what other people say, too. They might have good advice.” PeopleIfsWritingTryingIdeasStoriesMightWrittenAdviceSticksDisappointedGood Advice Author:Margaret Mahy