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"And I was lucky enough to have teachers that really, really looked out for me and really encouraged all that. And in rural Louisiana, that was a rare thing back then."
Childhood
"If you really want to tell stories, do it and don't be dissuaded."
Want
"You know, I hate to give advice because my life has been so odd that almost nothing that's happened to me can apply."
Life
"I raised frogs every spring in our house from tadpoles and by end of summer our house was overrun with frogs."
Nationality
"The only road to the highest stations in this country is that of the law."
Nation
"I did not win and in fact I was called into the principal's office for a consultation with my parents. But that was the beginning of my literary career."
Beginning
"And they're also very good at math, these super boogers, and so they teach Billy the ways of mathematics."
Childhood
"I've always liked getting away with just a little bit of what you're not supposed to. Like my first book, Billy's Booger, got me in trouble with the principal's office."
Childhood
"The first book I ever wrote was in fourth grade and it was called 'Billy's Booger.' It was an autobiographical piece about a kid who was really bad at math."
Writing
"I just took the idea that King Kong was too big for everything and reversed it and put George in a land of giants, which is basically what every kid goes through anyway - that, you know, the world is made for grownups, for tall people, for the giants."
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"In my beginning is my end."
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"To see and listen to the wicked is already the beginning of wickedness."
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"The beginning of Canadian cultural nationalism was not 'Am I really that oppressed?' but 'Am I really that boring?'"
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"The scariest moment is always just before you start."
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"Everything started as nothing."
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"There is a difference between twenty-nine and thirty. When you are twenty-nine it can be the beginning of everything. When you are thirty it can be the end of everything."
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"Everyone has to start somewhere. So get out there and start."
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"It is better to start small than to not start at all because you are waiting to be perfect with your skills. The truth is that you can never achieve perfection in life. Even the greatest man on earth is still incapable of doing so. The ultimate goal is to start now and grow as you go."
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"I do not read the ancient languages, but I am beginning to study Greek."
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"What we call the beginning is often the end. And to make an end is to make a beginning. The end is where we start from."
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