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Mothers and children are human beings, and they will sometimes do the wrong thing.
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I adored Mickey Mouse when I was a child. He was the emblem of happiness and funniness.
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I hate people.
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Kids lead a very private life.
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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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In plain terms, a child is a complicated creature who can drive you crazy. There's a cruelty to childhood, there's an anger.
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I only have one subject. The question I am obsessed with is: How do children survive?
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I'm scared of watching a TV show about vampires. I can't fall asleep.
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I want to write something so simple, so short and so silly... and I want it to be for my brother.
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Kids are so shrewd.
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I would infinitely prefer a daughter.
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I'm not afraid of death.
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Things come to you without you necessarily knowing what they mean.
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All I wanted was to be straight so my parents could be happy. They never, never, never knew.
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We're supposed to do all these things which trouble us deeply because it's so against what we naturally would want to do.
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When Mozart is playing in my room, I am in conjunction with something I can't explain... I don't need to. I know that if there's a purpose for life, it was for me to hear Mozart.
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I have to accept my role. I will never kill myself like Vincent Van Gogh. Nor will I paint beautiful water lilies like Monet. I can't do that. I'm in the idiot role of being a kiddie book person.
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Yes, there have to be places for safe wonderful stories.
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People from New York have been calling, to see if I'm still alive. When I answer the phone, you can hear the disappointment in their voice.
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I think people should be given a test much like driver's tests as to whether they're capable of being parents!
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I'm not obsessed with angels but I do adore angels.
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You know who my gods are, who I believe in fervently? Herman Melville, Emily Dickinson - she's probably the top - Mozart, Shakespeare, Keats. These are wonderful gods who have gotten me through the narrow straits of life.
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