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Beverly Cleary

"I wanted to be a ballerina. I changed my mind."

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"I was blessed with a strong arm and a weak mind."

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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!"

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

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"The mind of the Renaissance was not a pilgrim mind, but a sedentary city mind, like that of the ancients."

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"Mr. Faulkner, of course, is interested in making your mind rather than your flesh creep."

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"My paintings are not about what is seen. They are about what is known forever in the mind."

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"I'm still thanking all the stars, one by one."

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"The mind is a universe, and it has the power to completely create any possibility."

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"He felt as if he had left a stage behind and many actors. He felt as if he had left the great seance and all the murmuring ghosts. He was moving from an unreality that was frightening into a reality that was unreal because it was new."

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Amber Hurdle

"His mind was betraying him. Phantoms not heard from in a thousand years rousing slowly from their sleep."

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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."
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"I enjoy writing for third and fourth graders most of all."
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"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."
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"People are usually surprised to hear this, but I don't really read children's books."
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"People are inclined to say that I am Ramona. I'm not sure that's true, but I did share some experiences with her."
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"I was a great reader of fairy tales. I tried to read the entire fairy tale section of the library."
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"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."
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"I was an only child; I didn't have a sister, or sisters."
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"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."
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"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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