Nina Bawden But I don’t write about sex for today’s teenagers. Or Doc Martens boots either. I’m more interested in exploring how exactly the world is run, which doesn’t really change that much from one generation to another. – Nina Bawden Boots Quotes Change Quotes Doc Quotes Exploring Quotes Generation Quotes Martens Quotes Sex Quotes Teenagers Quotes Todays Quotes Write Quotes Adults get more confused by social worker jargon. Unlike children, they are also less likely to see two sides of an argument, and they no longer think they can make the world a better place. That can make them rather boring, I suppose. I hope in my books I help children to see their strengths, and show them I have some idea of what they may occasionally be going through. Especially at tricky moments when it is easier to go back and evade things rather than go forwards and confront them.
Pat Barker What I hate in fiction is when the author knows better than the characters what they should do. – Pat Barker
Daria Werbowy I guess a lot of people don’t realise, but I’m always playing a character when I’m working. When you’re always having people’s images projected on you, who ‘Daria’ is as a person sort of disappears. – Daria Werbowy
Ben Gibbard I’ve covered Avril Lavigne. I like good pop songs, and I don’t think there should be any kind of preconceptions about where good pop songs come from. – Ben Gibbard
Orlando Jones There was a guy that was friends with my father, a very well-known and powerful hustler on the Eastern seaboard. He was a very interesting guy who would literally rent a passenger van and would take the poor kids from the ghettos and black neighborhoods down to the sporting goods store and just spend money. Buy them whatever they want. – Orlando Jones
Erica Fernandes My mother takes care of my health. She makes sure that the food cooked is in olive oil. She takes charge of our health also because my dad is a heart patient. So on sets, I do take care of myself. But at home, it’s my mother who is the boss of our health! – Erica Fernandes
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