“No one deserves anything from you. No one deserves your trust or your love—they have to earn it.” Quote by 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
“My theory is that I decided to be a writer when I was about seven, but of course it is not as simple as that. Like most writers, I had to work at other things to earn a living and wrote mainly in the evenings, often very late at night, for many years.” YearsNightCoursesSimpleTheoryLateDecidedSevenEvening Author:Margaret Mahy
“Perhaps every time anyone is praised it means that someone else somewhere is going to be ignored” MeanIgnored Author:Margaret Mahy
“My cousins gay, he went to London only to find out that Big Ben was a clock.” BigsComedyGayLondonClockCousinMy Cousin Author:Rodney Dangerfield