top of page
.png){kind=small}
"I take real people and put them in extraordinary situations."
Standard
Customized
Exlpore more People quotes
"We should not judge people by their peak of excellence; but by the distance they have traveled from the point where they started."
"I believe that in every country the people themselves are more peaceably and liberally inclined than their governments."
"A lot of people are afraid of heights. Not me, I'm afraid of widths."
"People generally quarrel because they cannot argue."
"People's personalities, like buildings, have various facades, some pleasant to view, some not."
Explore more quotes by Robert Cormier
"You seldom get a censorship attempt from a 14-year-old boy. It's the adults who get upset."
"I have always had a sense that we are all pretty much alone in life, particularly in adolescence."
"The beautiful part of writing is that you don't have to get it right the first time, unlike, say, a brain surgeon. You can always do it better, find the exact word, the apt phrase, the leaping simile."
"I've had aunts and uncles who not only haven't read my books but could hardly believe that I was a writer."
"Family life was wonderful. The streets were bleak. The playgrounds were bleak. But home was always warm. My mother and father had a great relationship. I always felt 'safe' there."
"There are no taboos. Every topic is open, however shocking. It is the way that the topics are handled that's important, and that applies whether it is a 15-year-old who is reading your book or someone who is 55."
"My dream was to be known as a writer and to be able to produce at least one book that would be read by people. That dream came true with the publication of my first novel - and all the rest has been a sweet bonus."
bottom of page