Chris Crutcher You have to be careful not to use anything too colloquial or you date the book. – Chris Crutcher Book Quotes Careful Quotes Colloquial Quotes I have made a career of creating characters who fight school authority and chomp at the bit to get out into the ‘real’ world and live their lives, mostly because that’s the kind of teenager I was. I don’t think I’ll ever lose the feeling that I had when I read ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ – Harper Lee was going back into her childhood. I grew up in a real small town – Lee’s was in the South, mine the Northwest – but small towns have a lot in common. There was such a revelation in knowing that a story could be told like that.
Nick Sagan Dad was a world-famous astronomer; Mom was the artist who drew the iconic Pioneer plaque. – Nick Sagan
David Milch For a long time, I felt that was actually the best I could ever hope for – to pretend to be a good person – because I was quite the opposite. – David Milch
Douglas Adams I used to be a great fan of doing crosswords. When you’re fiddling around with anagrams, you get wonderful jumbles of syllables that become interesting. – Douglas Adams
Davey Havok For anyone to take the time to care about what I write and read a book is so flattering to me because it’s fun. – Davey Havok
Billy Corgan Somewhere between the intellectual idea of why we’re attracted to certain things and the pragmatic reality is some form of ever-evolving truth. – Billy Corgan
Jamie Dornan When I was younger, I thought maybe one day I’d be involved in sport in terms of career. – Jamie Dornan
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