Rick Yancey Quotes
My foray into young adult lit was by no means planned. I wrote the first 'Alfred Kropp' book as an adult novel, which everyone loved but no one would publish - until I changed my protagonist from a thirty-something P.I. into a 15-year-old kid. After that, it was off to the races, and I am so glad.
Rick Yancey
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And I think there's something about conservatives frankly - and the Left, when it comes to their channels of persuasion, are unpersuasive. They are, most of them are hate-filled, obscenity-clogged rants of anger and hatred.
Karl Rove
I have never been in a natural place and felt that it was a waste of time. I never have. And it's a relief. If I'm walking around a desert or whatever, every second is worthwhile.
Viggo Mortensen
I've never taken the steps to be 'successful': I've never had a manager or signed to a publishing house.
J. Tillman
I started working on ribosomes when I was a post doc, in 1978, when it would have been impossible, really, to solve it. But, it was just a fundamental problem in biology.
Venkatraman Ramakrishnan
An arts degree is like a diploma in origami. And about as much use.
J. G. Ballard
In retrospect, the most unnerving aspect of being openly gay was that it turned out to be as disappointingly normal as being straight.
Lance Loud
Guilt is the most destructive of all emotions. It mourns what has been while playing no part in what may be, now or in the future.
Penelope Leach
Everyone deserves to have their voice heard.
Candice Patton
You have to try things you're really afraid of, even if you pee yourself a little bit.
Abigail Washburn
Rather than allowing jihadists to shut down debate, it must proliferate so much that they simply cannot kill us all.
Maajid Nawaz
Every night we stopped in a cabin where wood had been stacked, matches left, and canned goods laid out for the chance traveler. All the unknown host received in return was a scribbled note giving our thanks, any news we could think of, and our names. This whole system of northern hospitality was a gigantic chain, for while we were eating this man’s beans, he was undoubtedly farther up the trail, eating somebody else’s.
Benedict Freedman
My foray into young adult lit was by no means planned. I wrote the first 'Alfred Kropp' book as an adult novel, which everyone loved but no one would publish - until I changed my protagonist from a thirty-something P.I. into a 15-year-old kid. After that, it was off to the races, and I am so glad.
Rick Yancey
