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I'm not very good at being domesticated. I've tried. The domestic life I find claustrophobic - the rituals and habits and patterns.


Ralph Fiennes


#claustrophobic #domestic #domestic life #domesticated #find

My favorite books are a constantly changing list, but one favorite has remained constant: the dictionary. Is the word I want to use spelled practice or practise? The dictionary knows. The dictionary also slows down my writing because it is such interesting reading that I am distracted.


Beverly Cleary


#am #because #books #changing #constant

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.


Beverly Cleary


#aisle #appears #best #best friend #books

From the age of about five to twelve I was very bad, a hideous little terror who beat people up. I was a member of the Rough Gang - we went around and terrorized all the pupils in school.


Joseph Fiennes


#age #around #bad #beat #five

I love life. I'm fascinated by human behavior because that feeds back into my work.


Joseph Fiennes


#because #behavior #fascinated #feeds #human

Sexuality is one of the ways that we become enlightened, actually, because it leads us to self-knowledge.


Alice Walker


#because #become #enlightened #leads #self-knowledge

I like all things grammatical, and I had already written several books about parts of speech, and even the alphabet, so everything that makes up a sentence and even a word was covered except for punctuation.


Brian P. Cleary


#all things #alphabet #already #books #covered

If I have a talent for making some fourth-grader who hates school and reading to hate it a little less, then I have to do the most with what I've been issued.


Brian P. Cleary


#hate #hates #i #issued #less

In writing I found something I could do at least as well as my peers, if not better.


Brian P. Cleary


#could #found #i #least #peers

Kids enjoy laughing and are seldom bored when they find something funny. They also ask questions, often to adults, because they understand that the more words they can comprehend about a funny story or a joke, the more they'll enjoy it.


Brian P. Cleary


#also #ask #because #bored #comprehend






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