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" My imagination can do whatever it wants to do. This gives me a great sense of freedom. "
Lloyd Alexander
Me
Imagination
Sense
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" Children's literature is as valid an art form as any other. "
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Art
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" Perhaps one reason we are fascinated by cats is because such a small animal can contain so much independence, dignity, and freedom of spirit. Unlike the dog, the cat's personality is never bet on a human's. He demands acceptance on his own terms. "
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" King Arthur was one of my heroes because he was such a marvelous, heroic, courageous, and magnificent person that I had to admire him even though I knew perfectly well that I could never be in any way like that. "
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" I used the imaginary kingdom not as a sentimentalized fairyland but as an opening wedge to express what I hoped would be some very hard truths. "
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" After I saved some money, I quit work and went to a local college. "
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Quit
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" There's a kind of funny gap between 14 and 20 when young people don't read very much. Nobody really knows what to do about it, although we've tried to reach these dropout readers with the 'young adult' book. "
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Book
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" Writing has got to be some of the hardest work I know. "
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Hardest
Know
" After seven years of writing - and working many jobs to support my family - I finally got published. "
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Years
Support
Working
" My family pleaded with me to forget literature and do something sensible, such as find some sort of useful work. "
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Me
Family
Forget
" I had always been interested in mythology. I suppose my brief stay in Wales during World War II influenced my writing, too. It was an amazing country. It has marvelous castles and scenery. "
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Scenery
Writing
Amazing
" I didn't know if I'd be good with children. Actually talking with them, I mean. But I am good with them. "
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Talking
Know
" Using the device of an imaginary world allows me in some strange way to go to the central issues - it's one of many ways to express feelings about real people, about real human relationships. "
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People
Strange
World
" Eventually, I was sent to Wales and Germany, and after the war, to Paris. "
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Germany
After
Paris
" I decided that adventure was the best way to learn about writing. "
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Writing
Adventure
Best
" When I was discharged, I attended the University of Paris and met a beautiful Parisian girl, Janine. We soon married and eventually returned to the States. "
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Girl
Beautiful
University
" Oh, my parents never cracked a book, just newspapers. "
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Parents
Never
Cracked
" After high school, I worked as a messenger boy at a local bank. I was miserable. I felt like Robin Hood chained in the Sheriff of Nottingham's dungeon. As a would-be writer, I thought it was a catastrophe. As a bank employee, I could barely add or subtract and had to count on my fingers. "
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School
Boy
High School
" I never saw fairy tales as an escape or a cop-out... On the contrary, speaking for myself, it is the way to understand reality. "
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Myself
Reality
Escape
" Most of my books have been written in the form of fantasy. "
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Been
Form
Books
" Talented people are finding that writing for young people is as demanding of high quality as writing for adults. "
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Writing
Quality
People
" My parents were horrified when I told them I wanted to be an author. "
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Them
Wanted
Were
" My concern is how we learn to be genuine human beings. "
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Learn
Concern
Human
" King Arthur was one of my heroes - I played with a trash can lid for a knightly shield and my uncle's cane for the sword Excalibur. "
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Sword
King
Uncle
" Our favorite book is always the book that speaks most directly to us at a particular stage in our lives. And our lives change. We have other favorites that give us what we most need at that particular time. But we never lose the old favorites. They're always with us. We just sort of accumulate them. "
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Time
Book
Change
" Shakespeare, Dickens, Mark Twain, and so many others were my dearest friends and greatest teachers. "
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Teachers
Friends
" Fantasy is hardly an escape from reality. It's a way of understanding it. "
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Reality
Escape
Fantasy
" It was 1943. The U.S. had already entered World War II, so I decided to join the army. "
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World
World War II
Army
" All that writers can do is keep trying to say what is deepest in their hearts. "
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Keep
Hearts
Trying
" We learn more by looking for the answer to a question and not finding it than we do from learning the answer itself. "
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Looking
More
Finding