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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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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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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I will fight 'GGG,' and I will beat 'GGG,' but I will not be forced into the ring by artificial deadlines.
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He who has waited long enough, will wait forever. And there comes the hour when nothing more can happen and nobody more can come and all is ended but the waiting that knows itself in vain.
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People have told me that everything about me, every facet of my life, psyche, experiences, dreams, and fears, are laid out explicitly in my writing, that from the corpus of my work I can be absolutely and precisely inferred. This is true.
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I've heard of people stopping their cars, having car wrecks, all kinds of things. But most of the banjo players I know had that moment when they heard Earl Scruggs. So, for me, it transcends the technique. It's the musician in him and his personality, his musical personality, such great taste, such great technique, very, very creative.
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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.'
