Linda Sue Park Quotes
When I'm writing, I try not to think things like, 'Gosh, I have to finish writing this book.' Books are very long and it's easy to get discouraged. Instead I think to myself, 'Wow, I have this great story idea, and today I'm going to write two pages of it. That's all - just two pages.'
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I feel like I've grown up a bit. I'm a bit more confident, and I've been reading more, and I've had a little more time to myself. I went on this writing trip to gather my thoughts about where and who I am in this world, and why we're all here.
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Most people get excited about games, but I've got to be excited about practice, because that's my classroom.
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Major labels didn't start showing up really until they smelled money, and that's all they're ever going to be attracted to is money-that's the business they're in- making money.
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I vehemently deny that I was born a cynic and a pessimist.
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I don't have the kind of style that I feel like would serve any and everyone.
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I love my sleep.
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In writing a series of stories about the same characters, plan the whole series in advance in some detail, to avoid contradictions and inconsistencies.
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Don't let it end like this. Tell them I said something.
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It was only a few years ago that I couldn't get hired to save my life.
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I rarely think about myself that much. I really don't.
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Albania, Macedonia and Greece have managed to create a good partnership in the south of the Continent and are making progress in blocking the spread of the conflict. But any spillover could destroy this European-oriented partnership and create problems for the European Union countries themselves.
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I feel like I'm five sometimes because I still enjoy myself. I enjoy what I do.
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The mark of higher education isn't the knowledge you accumulate in your head. It's the skills you gain about how to learn.
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I really feel like I honed in on a sound and a style of writing that best fits me.
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There was a huge, tremendous amount of disabled veterans and the Veteran's Administration just wasn't geared up for it. I know for a fact that it's getting better and better.
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I'll take my destiny, whatever that may be, but I'm going to fight for my dignity and my honor.
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If anybody's getting a shot, somebody's getting a shot against me because I'm the guy to beat.
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Fame has also this great drawback, that if we pursue it, we must direct our lives so as to please the fancy of men.
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You get to the point where you're like, 'I'm just doing me, and if people don't like it, then it is what it is.'
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The teachers are trying to build the same culture in the classroom as we're building in the organization.
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The first wealth is health.
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In New York - not to say New York isn't a competitive place - but there's much more of a sense of, we're all here and some of us are up and some of us are down and some of us are in the middle, but we have a longer view of history and how it works, rather than just this week.
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I always imagined a writer was someone who lived in an attic in Paris, but my mum instilled in me a belief that I could do anything - so I ended up writing my first novel while working nights as a news reporter.
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When I'm writing, I try not to think things like, 'Gosh, I have to finish writing this book.' Books are very long and it's easy to get discouraged. Instead I think to myself, 'Wow, I have this great story idea, and today I'm going to write two pages of it. That's all - just two pages.'
