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" I'm not actually sure I'm grown-up enough for grown-up books. "
Barbara Park
Enough
Sure
Actually
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" Ever since I began writing my Junie B. Jones series, people have been assuming that the character is based on me when I was a little girl. The fact is, though, that Junie B. and I have very little in common. "
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" There are those who believe that the value of a children's book can be measured only in terms of the moral lessons it tries to impose or the perfect role models it offers. Personally, I happen to think that a book is of extraordinary value if it gives the reader nothing more than a smile or two. In fact, I happen to think that's huge. "
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" I find the term 'perfect child' to be an oxymoron. "
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" I wasn't that over-the-top, but I got sent to the principal in first grade for talking. And my father was for a long time the president of the Board of Education. That was always a hard note to bring home. "
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" I find that when I'm struggling to think of how a six-year-old would feel about something, I just have to go right down to the common denominator, find the simplest way that you can look at an object or a problem, and not muck it up with all of the stuff that adults do and over-analyze. "
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" Society just has a way of inhibiting you, which is good and bad. "
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" I'm so lazy as far as liking to get up, go to the office in my pajamas, get dressed about noon. And I hate flying. So I have this really laid-back, good lifestyle, and it's hard to nudge me out of it. "
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" My own pregnancies were all about me, me, me. My aches, my pains, my swollen feet, and my body that looked like the Michelin Man. "
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My Own
Own
" There are many reluctant young readers who haven't yet found books that make them laugh. "
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Who
" All of my characters are less than perfect. "
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Characters
Less
" Of all the novels I've written, my favorite is 'Mick Harte Was Here'. "
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Favorite
Here
" I was a good kid, but I was just very chatty. Teachers were rarely entertained, but occasionally a child was, which was enough for me. Everything was so urgent. I needed to say it immediately. "
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