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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Eventually somebody will want me, and there will be a role that is mine.
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I think I'm a good judge of character.
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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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It's impossible for everybody to be in sync, even the most proper family.
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I love cooking. It's one of my favorite things to do. To share my parents' recipes that I grew up with is just something very special to me.
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What was this dream we had, a dream of music,Music that rose from the opening earth like magicAnd shook its beauty upon us and died away?The long cold streets extend once more before us.The red sun drops, the walls grow grey.
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You never argued with my mother. You couldn't win.
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We need to see ourselves as basic miracles.
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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.'
