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" I was no scholar in college, and was arrogant about what I thought. "
Cynthia Voigt
Arrogant
College
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" I used to know kids better because I was teaching in a classroom, but I still have a sense of comfort with them. I don't believe that kids have essentially changed. "
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" To see what books were available for my older students, I made many trips to the library. If a book looked interesting, I checked it out. I once went home with 30 books! It was then that I realized that kids' novels had the shape of real books, and I began to get ideas for young adult novels and juvenile books. "
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" Kids are really tougher than adults, but we tend to forget this in an affluent society that lets kids indulge themselves. "
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" My favorite season was when I wrote every morning for three or four hours, then I would go and teach my classes at school, come home to my family and hang out with them, have dinner, and then, after everyone was tucked in, I would prepare for my classes the next day. "
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" I do have trouble starting books. I have ideas that I have trouble starting to write. But I'm the kind of person who tends to finish everything she starts out of sheer stubbornness. "
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" I'm not a compulsive writer. I wish I could be compulsive about something. I have no regular writing routine. "
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" All I wanted to do was read, to be told stories. Stories were full of excitement and emotions and characters that entertained and often inspired. "
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" I think writing is a part-time career, because otherwise you get a little stale, maybe even self-indulgent, when you have to fill the hours with sentences. I don't think, if I wrote 12 hours a day, my work would be much better. "
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" I'm a big fan of outlining. Here's the theory: If I outline, then I can see the mistakes I'm liable to make. They come out more clearly in the outline than they do in the pages. "
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" I was eighteen when I wrote my first book, and I can't remember what it was called. I have no idea where the manuscript is - I lost it when I was twenty-one. "
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" My writing process often begins with a question. I write down ideas and let them stew for about a year. Then, when I sit down to write, I make a list of characters and try to see how they fit. "
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" It's so great to be able to write from home. My bread is rising downstairs, and I'm upstairs writing. I have a writing room that my grandchildren consider one of their playrooms. "
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" By the time I started high school, I knew I wanted to be a writer. After graduating from Smith College in Massachusetts, I moved to New York City and worked for the advertising agency J. Walter Thompson. "
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" I love teaching; I love little kids. "
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" I didn't write anything at all except book reports until I was in seventh grade, and then I wrote mostly poetry for myself. "
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