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"You must have your own world within the world and you must never compromise on the matters of giving up your own world for any reason whatsoever!"

"I was taught by my grandfather that anything that your mind can conceive, you can have. It's a reality."

"The mind of the Renaissance was not a pilgrim mind, but a sedentary city mind, like that of the ancients."
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"I'm still thanking all the stars, one by one."
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"Quite often somebody will say, What year do your books take place? and the only answer I can give is, In childhood."

"I don't necessarily start with the beginning of the book. I just start with the part of the story that's most vivid in my imagination and work forward and backward from there."

"People are inclined to say that I am Ramona. I'm not sure that's true, but I did share some experiences with her."

"I was a great reader of fairy tales. I tried to read the entire fairy tale section of the library."

"I don't think children's inner feelings have changed. They still want a mother and father in the very same house; they want places to play."

"With twins, reading aloud to them was the only chance I could get to sit down. I read them picture books until they were reading on their own."

"Otis was inspired by a boy who sat across the aisle from me in sixth grade. He was a lively person. My best friend appears in assorted books in various disguises."
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