E. L. Konigsburg Quotes
The essential problems remain the same... The kids I write about are asking for the same things I wanted. They want two contradictory things. They want to be the same as everyone else, and they want to be different from everyone else. They want acceptance for both.
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I definitely go with the flow because I feel like I have been so lucky, and so many things have happened to me that just never should have happened.
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I like to think I'm quite brave. I stand up for myself.
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The kindest word to describe my performance in school was Sloth.
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I play Nitin Sawhney's 'Letting Go' repeatedly, nonstop. I find it transformative. I'm so glad iPods were invented so I didn't have to drive everyone around me mad with the repetition.
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It's funny, I remember doing the Johnny Carson show, and, uh, I couldn't afford my rent.
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The reason a poet is a poet is to write poems, not to advertise himself as a poet.
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Your private life is really very important for you. You know, all of us, you know.
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When we read fiction, we want to get outside of ourselves and are able to see from a perspective we haven't seen through before. That can be very powerful.
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I never thought I'd live this long. It sounds funny because I still think of myself as a kid.
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The actress they'd hired had refused to appear naked in front of the camera. I didn't like to appear naked either, but the first thing I did was take off my clothes and jump into the pool completely naked.
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The studio didn't ask them to learn their trade, they just worked them, and when that personality or that gimmick or whatever they had ran dry at the box office, they were dropped and out.
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I volunteer with School on Wheels in Los Angeles, and I also tutor with Koreh L.A.
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I love simplicity.
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If there's a will, prosperity can't be far behind.
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My hair and my accent are sort of my main assets.
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You don't want people thinking you're a cheat just because you're really fast and have broken the world record by a second.
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Every poor designer can go with things that are popular at the moment.
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As actors, we put in our best, but when people don't like a film, you have to learn to deal with it. I've learnt not to get too emotional.
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What's interesting is that producers, directors and writers tend to typecast me in terms of whatever movie they've seen me in most recently.
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When you're working with good people it brings good things out in you.
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I don't go out and pick fights.
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I write books that seem more suitable for children, and that's OK with me. They are a better audience and tougher critics. Kids tell you what they think, not what they think they should think.
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The essential problems remain the same... The kids I write about are asking for the same things I wanted. They want two contradictory things. They want to be the same as everyone else, and they want to be different from everyone else. They want acceptance for both.
