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		It makes it easier to adapt a book that is popular with kids because of how excited they are about the project; you don't get the criticisms you would get with other projects.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Dylan O'Brien 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		A real book is not one that we read, but one that reads us. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				W. H. Auden 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Yes, there is a terrible moral in 'Dorian Gray' - a moral which the prurient will not be able to find in it, but it will be revealed to all whose minds are healthy. Is this an artistic error? I fear it is. It is the only error in the book. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Oscar Wilde 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I've grown up with girls that are like Precious. I've grown up with people that are like everyone that I read about in that book. And so years later, when I was given the role, I just felt a huge responsibility to show the reality of that situation and to show that we're not making it up. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Gabourey Sidibe 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I read the Steve Jobs book, and that kind of changed everything. I've been, like, an Apple geek my whole life and have always seen him as a hero. But reading the book, and learning about how he built the company, and maintaining that corporate culture and all that, I think that influenced me a lot. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				G-Eazy 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		We have to stand up for what we believe in, even when we might not be popular for it. Honesty starts with being ourselves, authentic and true to who we are and what we believe in, and that may not always be popular, but it will always let you follow your dreams and your heart. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Tabatha Coffey 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The best kids are going to become the best. But the best thing about it is that you're going to learn lessons in playing those sports about winning and losing and teamwork and teammates and arguments and everything else that are going to affect you positively for the rest of your life. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Carl Lewis 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
		
	
	
	
	
		By the time I get done with my fans and my music and my kids and my family and my fiance and my horses, well, they suffer too, but, I don't really have much time left to do anything else. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Tanya Tucker 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		You have to understand that while I pre-plot the meta story of a given book, I often have no idea of what will happen on the next page, let alone the next chapter. That's what makes it fun for me; I write the books the same way many people read them. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				R. A. Salvatore 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		If Chevy Chase had not been an actor, he might have been a very popular guy in advertising, or whatever field he would have gone into, because of his charisma. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Harold Ramis 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I don't know who said that novelists read the novels of others only to figure out how they are written. I believe it's true. We aren't satisfied with the secrets exposed on the surface of the page: we turn the book around to find the seams. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Gabriel Garcia Marquez 
			 
		 
	
	
	 
	
	
	
	
		I know it can be difficult for parents, but I really do believe that kids need to play the predominant role in the choices that go into their own space. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Candice Olson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		A book comes and says, 'Write me.' My job is to try to serve it to the best of my ability, which is never good enough, but all I can do is listen to it, do what it tells me and collaborate. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Madeleine L'Engle 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		I'm always struck by the kids who turn up in New York and LA, and places in between. Chicago. Wanting to do theater, wanting to do independent film. Wanting to break into television or radio. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Frank Rich 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Kids are like glue: they can bond together, unlikely companions, even when there is little else left to maintain the connection. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Mariella Frostrup 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The learning of the gentleman enters through his ears, fastens to his heart, spreads through his four limbs, and manifests itself in his actions. ... The learning of the petty person enters through his ears and passes out his mouth. From mouth to ears is only four inches—how could it be enough to improve a whole body much larger than that? 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Xun Kuang 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Copy nature and you infringe on the work of our Lord. Interpret nature and you are an artist. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Jacques Lipchitz 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Right now, in a number of states, the laws allow a baby to be born from his or her mother's womb in the ninth month. It is wrong, it has to change. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Donald Trump 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		It makes it easier to adapt a book that is popular with kids because of how excited they are about the project; you don't get the criticisms you would get with other projects. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Dylan O'Brien