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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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"People used what they called a telephone because they hated being close together and they were scared of being alone."

"Still and all, why bother? Here's my answer. Many people need desperately to receive this message: I feel and think much as you do, care about many of the things you care about, although most people do not care about them. You are not alone."

"The Edge... there is no honest way to explain it because the only people who really know where it is are the ones who have gone over."

"I was put off by people at school - my cabbage wasn't as good as other people's, you know, so that put me off."

"But contrary to what some people seem to think, I was never a bully. I was just a hard man."

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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."

"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."

"I was a very observant child. The boys in my books are based on boys in my neighborhood growing up."
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