“And please God, grant me the wisdom to remember that I am writing for children, not golden stickers.”
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“And please God, grant me the wisdom to remember that I am writing for children, not golden stickers.”
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“Have you ever noticed how parents can go from the most wonderful people in the world to totally embarrassing in three seconds?”
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“Annabeth realized that if six of them went on these two quests, it would leave Percy alone on the ship with Coach Hedge, which was maybe not a situation a caring girlfriend should put him in...”
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“dealing with any man means dealing with multiple personalities.”
“The less you knew, the fewer monsters you’d attract,”
“Nothing is more tragic than loving someone to the depths of your soul and knowing they cannot and will not ever love you back.”
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“And of course I'm in the press all the time. So many books have been written about me; Into thin air, up in the air,Gone with the wind-”
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“To all my librarian friends, champions of books, true magicians in the House of Life. Without you, this writer would be lost in the Dust.”
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“How do you tell a dream from a nightmare? If it involves a book burning , it's probably a nightmare.”
“I can't actually wrap my mind around it easily - I can't really visualize what 2 million books looks like... So I try to keep it real for myself by focusing on individual anecdotes of how my...”
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“I loved the idea of making history interesting for kids! When Scholastic approached me about 'The 39 Clues', I immediately started going through the 'greatest hits' from my years as a social...”
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“I think kids want the same thing from a book that adults want - a fast-paced story, characters worth caring about, humor, surprises, and mystery. A good book always keeps you asking question...”
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“I always love it when I hear back from kids who say they discovered Percy Jackson and now wear their learning difference as a badge of honour.”
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“All of my characters tend to be montages of different people I've met: little bits and pieces of their personalities put together.”
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“I don't teach anymore, but I can still clearly see fifth period after lunch - that's a real tough time to teach. And I tried to imagine writing a story that would appeal to those kids - even...”
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“Every child is different. I think it's important that we don't have maybe just one or two books that we're recommending to all children - but rather we cater the books to fit each individual...”
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“I saw 'The 39 Clues' as a potential vehicle for doing some education in a fun way - to take some of these amazing stories from history, dust them off and make them alive.”
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“I get letters from college kids who have read Percy Jackson when they were younger who tell me, 'I just passed my Classics exam.' The books are accurate enough that they can serve as a gatew...”
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“Turkey, Australia, and Japan are three of my top destinations.”
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“Even if these stories are 3,000 years old, there's still so much about the characters, about the dilemmas, about their understanding of the universe that still resonates. The whole idea of o...”
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