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" I think you become a writer when you stop writing for yourself or your teachers and start thinking about readers. "
Avi
Think
Thinking
Writing
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" It makes it harder to write if I watch a lot of television, because television is not like a written story. "
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" A lot of people think inspiration means magic. But really, inspiration means to put life into something. "
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" I don't like the idea of a book being a test or being used for a test. The way - in my opinion - to make good readers is to let kids choose their own books and not test them. "
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" Listen and watch the world around you. Don't be satisfied with answers others give you. "
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" Every night, I was read to. Every Friday, we were taken to the library. I always received at least one book for my birthday. I have a few of them yet. Early on, I had my own collection of books. I loved to read. Still do. "
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" To become a novelist, the most crucial thing one must do is read, read and read again - gradually you begin to think like a writer. Ideas are not found - they are shaped. "
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" In my books I try to tell a good story, not give messages. "
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" I want my readers to feel, to think, sometimes to laugh. But most of all I want them to enjoy a good read. "
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" For some 25 years, I worked as a librarian, first at the New York Public Library, then at Trenton State College in New Jersey. My life has always been with, around, and for books. "
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Always
New York
" I definitely have an affection for detective fiction, and when I first read Dashiell Hammett's 'The Maltese Falcon,' that book and its author made an enormous impression on me as a reader and a writer, and led me to other hard-boiled American writers like Raymond Chandler and Ross McDonald, among many. "
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Affection
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" My mind has become somewhat like a book. What I mean by that is that when I look at the world, I see it as a story. "
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Story
" The truth is I don't watch TV at all. It bores me. "
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" I was born in New York City, along with a twin sister. I am five minutes older than Emily. It was Emily, for reasons no one knows - she certainly doesn't - who called me Avi. It stuck. It's the only name I use now. "
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" Writers don't write writing, they write reading. When I was a kid, I read four or five books a week. And that is how I became a writer. "
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" Don't assume that because everyone believes a thing, that it is right or wrong. Reason things out for yourself. Work to get answers on your own. Understand why you believe things. "
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" In elementary school, I did well in science, but I was a poor writer. When I got to high school, I failed all my courses. "
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