“My favorite books have a personality and complexion as distinctly drawn as if the author's portrait were framed into the paragraphs and smiled upon me as I read his illustrated pages.” IfsBookPersonalityPagesMy FavoritePortraitsParagraphFramedComplexionFavorite Book Book:Concord Days Source: Concord Days
“Johnny Depp is really my favorite male actor. Ellen Page would be my favorite female actor. Both of them, just because of the diversity that Johnny plays in his roles and just the different characters that he morphs into, it's fantastic.” DifferentPlayCharacterWould BeActorsRolesDiversityPagesFemaleMalesMy FavoriteFantasticDifferent Characters Author:Callan McAuliffe
“One of my favorite tricks was taking a page and having the first student translate it from English into whatever language he or she was working on, and the next one would translate it back into English and then into the foreign language, and we'd go around the room and compare the two English versions at the end, and it would be amazing how much survived.” FirstsTwoEndsWould BeNextLanguageRoomsStudentsPagesMy FavoriteTricksVersionsCompareTranslateSurvivedThe Next OneForeign Language Author:Gregory Rabassa
“I know that sounds ineffective and daunting, but it [throw hundreds of pages away] is actually my favorite part of the writing process.” KnowsWritingProcessSoundPagesMy FavoriteWriting Process Author:Megan Chance
“Of course, there are hundreds of novels and authors that have influenced me. But to choose three, they are: Stephen King/The Stand (and really most of his books); Anne Rice/The Witching Hour; and Pat Conroy/The Prince of Tides. These authors write my favorite kind of book - epic feel, gorgeous prose, unique characters, and a pace that keeps you turning the pages. From them, I learned a lot about characterization, pacing, prose, voice, and originality.” FeelsWritingKindBookCharacterThreeCoursesVoiceHoursNovelKingsPagesUniqueMy FavoriteProsePaceOriginalityTidesEpicGorgeousRiceCharacterizationPacing Author:Megan Chance
“I've always liked language and been a big reader. I always loved books as objects. My favorite time of year as a child was September when we'd go buy all kinds of notebooks and pens and markers for school. I think I wanted to be a writer just so I'd be able to fill up all those pages.” ThinkingYearsKindChildrenBookBigsAbleWantedSchoolLanguageObjectsReaderPagesMy FavoriteAll KindsPensSeptemberNotebookMarkers Author:Elaine Equi
“I took a bunch of pictures. You can see 'em on my MySpace page, along with my favorite songs and movies and things that other people have created but that I use to express my individualism.” PeopleUseSongPagesMy FavoriteBunchEmsIndividualismFavorite Song Author:Christopher Paolini