Ally Carter Like many authors, I caught the writing bug during my teenage years. I don’t remember the exact day or year, but I remember that reading S.E. Hinton’s ‘The Outsiders’ sparked my interest in writing. – Ally Carter Authors Quotes Bug Quotes Caught Quotes Day Quotes Exact Quotes Hintons Quotes Outsiders Quotes Reading Quotes Remember Quotes Sparked Quotes Teenage Quotes Writing Quotes Like so many aspiring writers who still have boxes of things they’ve written in their parents’ houses, I filled notebooks with half-finished poems and stories and first paragraphs of novels that never got written. At the core, I try to write characters who are real people with real insecurities, fears, hopes, and dreams, which is why hopefully readers can identify with them.
Clarence Darrow No other offense has ever been visited with such severe penalties as seeking to help the oppressed. – Clarence Darrow
Adora Svitak The world needs opportunities for new leaders and new ideas. Kids need opportunities to lead and succeed. Are you ready to make the match? Because the world’s problems shouldn’t be the human family’s heirloom. – Adora Svitak
Michael Polanyi These maxims and the art of interpreting them may be said to constitute the premisses of science but I prefer to call them our scientific beliefs. These premisses or beliefs are embodied in a tradition, the tradition of science. – Michael Polanyi
Ann-Marie Campbell My grandmother was divorced, and she had 10 children herself. She never finished high school. She started selling lace on the side of the road and then grew that into a multimillion-dollar business – a retail store selling mostly furniture and appliances. – Ann-Marie Campbell
Dee Rees I wrote poetry and short stories. I would send them to magazines; they wouldn’t get in. But short stories are how I found philosophy and how I’d understand the world. – Dee Rees
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