“It's my job, too, to keep up with pop culture and what the kids are into 'cause you don't want to sound like an old man trying to write for kids. I spend a lot of my time spying on them.” MenWantWritingTryingKidsJobsCultureCausesSoundPopsMy TimeOld ManPop Culture Author:R. L. Stine
“I was a devil of a scapegrace in my time.... Father racked his head for days together to find a punishment that I should remember; but it was all no good... bread and water was a welcome change to me from the everyday monotony of potatoes and bread-and-butter. After a sound drubbing followed by half a day’s fasting, I felt more like laughing than like crying; and, in half a while, all was forgotten and my wickedness began afresh and worse than ever.” ShouldTogetherRememberFatherFeltSoundWaterHalfLaughingCryDevilEverydayForgottenPunishmentBreadWelcomeMy TimeWickednessPotatoesFastingMonotonyBread And Butter Book:The Path of Life Source: The Path of Life
“The shower is my time to open up my operatic chops, because of the enormous echo. You sound five times as big in the shower, so I break into some "Nessun Dorma" from Puccini 's Turandot or Pearl Jam. You've got to go big when you're in the shower. There's no half-singing in the shower, you're either a rock star or an opera diva.” BigsStarsSoundHalfBreakFiveRocksSingingEnormousMy TimeOperaEchoesShowersPearlsRock StarJamPearl JamSinging In The Shower Author:Josh Groban
“Here I am, one of the most colorful women of my time - if not of my block - being made to sound positively legumelike in printed interviews.” IfsMadeSoundBlockInterviewsMy TimePositivelyPublicityPrintedColorfulHere I Am Book:A View from a Broad Source: A View from a Broad
“Let my style capture all the sounds of my time. This should make it an annoyance to my contemporaries. But later generations should hold it to their ears like a seashell in which there is the music of an ocean of mud.” ShouldSoundMusicGenerationsStyleOceanEarsMy TimeCaptureMudAnnoyance Book:Half-truths & One-and-a-half Truths: Selected Aphorisms Source: Half-truths & One-and-a-half Truths: Selected Aphorisms