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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I want to have a career in 10, 20 years, so it's harder now, and maybe more stressful now, but in the future, hopefully it will all pay off.
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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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Music is extremely intuitive, which acting too in a different way.
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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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Obama believes in a big central government, where the federal government controls everything in our lives. That's socialism.
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Amandla Stenberg is so powerful in her energy and what she speaks about and what she projects. I think it's incredible.
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The pressures to get the story first, if wrong, are greater sometimes than the pressures to get the story right, if late.
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Manny Pacquiao has a whole country behind him. His journey and his rise, from a career standpoint, he was fortunate to have a lot of great opponents and rivalries for years. People forget about Barrera and Morales and those guys. That's how he built his legacy. Plus he had a country behind him.
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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.'
