Robert Cormier Quotes
14 Robert Cormier quotes:
"As to that sensitive child out there, I know they exist, but maybe a good dose of the truth would be a warning for what's waiting."
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"I can't remember a time when I wasn't trying to get something down on paper."
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"I can't remember a time, really, when I haven't been a writer. Reading and writing were the two great escapes of my life and I suppose they still are."
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"Family life was wonderful. The streets were bleak. The playgrounds were bleak. But home was always warm. My mother and father had a great relationship. I always felt 'safe' there."
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"All the stories I'll ever need are right here on Main Street."
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"I simply write with an intelligent reader in mind. I don't think about how old they are."
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"The beautiful part of writing is that you don't have to get it right the first time, unlike, say, a brain surgeon. You can always do it better, find the exact word, the apt phrase, the leaping simile."
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"There are no taboos. Every topic is open, however shocking. It is the way that the topics are handled that's important, and that applies whether it is a 15-year-old who is reading your book or someone who is 55."
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"I had my bully, and it was excruciating. Not only the bully, but the intimidation I felt."
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"I've had aunts and uncles who not only haven't read my books but could hardly believe that I was a writer."
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"You seldom get a censorship attempt from a 14-year-old boy. It's the adults who get upset."
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"My dream was to be known as a writer and to be able to produce at least one book that would be read by people. That dream came true with the publication of my first novel - and all the rest has been a sweet bonus."
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"I take real people and put them in extraordinary situations."
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"I have always had a sense that we are all pretty much alone in life, particularly in adolescence."
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