“I always loved reading. Growing up, my favorite book was 'A Child's Garden of Verses,' by Robert Louis Stevenson.” Quote by Francine Pascal
“I don't do rewrites. I put all the pages in a pile next to the typewriter.” NextPagesTypewriters Author:Francine Pascal
“Since I was a small child, I was always writing either poems or plays... plays in which I had the starring part.” WritingChildrenPlaySmall Child Author:Francine Pascal
“I directed an episode of 'Party of Five' toward the very end of that show. It was a great experience.” EndsShowsPartyFiveEpisodesGreat Experiences Author:Matthew Fox
“The same way that some people can play the piano, I can do plots! They just come!” PeopleWayI CanPlayCan DoPianoPlot Author:Francine Pascal
“I know you think that when you're 35, 45, 55, you'll be different. But I'm going to let you in on a bit of a secret. You're going to look different, and your life is going to be different, but in your head you'll always be that 16-year-old girl.” ThinkingKnowsYearsLooksDifferentLife IsGirlBitsSecret Author:Francine Pascal
“I love 'Sweet Valley,' but I love it from a different angle. There are people for whom it is their adolescence. They own it, in a way that even I don't. I've come to respect the project more because of the response than I've had. It's more important than I realized it was. I didn't understand the breadth and depth of it. now I'm beginning to more.” PeopleWayImportantDifferentSweetProjectsResponseDepthI RealizedValleysAdolescenceAngleBreadthSweet LoveDifferent Angles Author:Francine Pascal
“No matter when you were born or where, puberty is the same. It's the same for your parents as it is for you - what's happening in your body dictates everything.” MatterBodyParentBornHappeningsYour BodyPuberty Author:Francine Pascal
“When I first thought of the idea for 'Sweet Valley High,' I loved the idea of high school as microcosm of the real world. And what I really liked was how it moved things on from 'Sleeping Beauty'-esque romance novels where the girl had to wait for the hero. This would be girl-driven, very different, I decided - and indeed it is.” WorldFirstsIdeasDifferentRealWould BeSchoolRomanceGirlWaitingSleepNovelSweetHeroHigh SchoolDecidedMovedDrivenReal WorldValleysRomance NovelMicrocosmSleeping Beauty Author:Francine Pascal
“You travel across the country, you visit departments, you give talks, you talk about the work at your laboratory - what's going on, what the opportunities are there - you talk about your own research.” GivingCountryOpportunityResearchDepartmentLaboratory Author:Frank Press
“I don't like actors who try to talk directors into making their part bigger and that's really lame.” TryingActorsDirectorsBiggerLame Author:Franka Potente