Margaret Haddix quotes

I am not just what I remember. I am also what I dream. (Margaret Haddix)
I like playing around with the words; I love it when I feel like I've picked the exact right word to describe whatever it is I'm trying to describe. View quote
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Maybe everyone is just waiting for someone else to save them. View quote
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It's just so much fun to make up characters, situations, and everything else about a story. I have so much freedom and flexibility to do whatever I want. View quote
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Generally I finish a first draft in 2-6 months, then I set it aside for a while so that when I come back to it I can read it with fresh eyes and figure out how to improve it. View quote
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I want to Live! Not Die, Not Hide, LIVE! View quote
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Governments will rise, and governments will fall, and man will do evil to man, and all we can do is turn our hearts to good. View quote
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I like to know what I'm celebrating before I put on a party hat. View quote
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The Government justifies keeping everyone else in poverty because people seem to work the hardest when they're right on the edge of survival. View quote
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Hope doesn't mean anything.... Action's the only thing that counts. View quote
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There's hope around the corner. (Margaret Haddix)
There is nothing more valuable than the printed word. View quote
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The deadlines are much, much longer with books. When I was a reporter, a lot of times I'd come in at 8:30 a.m., get an assignment right away, interview somebody, turn the story in by 9:30, and have the finished story in the paper that landed on my desk by noon. View quote
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bitter is a bad way to live! View quote
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I loved to read when I was a kid, and as soon as I realized that an actual person got to make up the books I loved so much, I decided that that was the job for me. View quote
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I think I learned a lot from reading in general - even from reading badly written books. View quote
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Jen, we did it. Everyone's free now. View quote
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I can tell you that you will have your hearts broken more by the people you love than by the people you hate. But you must still dare to love. The rewards are worth far more than the risks. View quote
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I was lucky enough not to face any required summer reading lists until I went to college. So I still think of summer as the best time to read for fun. View quote
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Sometimes I can spend as long revising a manuscript as I spent writing it in the first place. View quote
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Eventually the bad stuff I'm writing turns into better stuff. Other times, I've just walked away from what I was working on, and figured I'd have a better perspective when I came back to it. (Margaret Haddix)
I like the fact that kids are willing to be imaginative and go along with me when I'm telling strange tales. View quote
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There's something about each of my books that I'm really proud of, and there's something about each of my books that I cringe over. View quote
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After I've sent my revised draft to my agent and editor, they suggest more improvement sand again, this revision phase can take anywhere from a few hours to a few months. View quote
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I started trying to write when I was in second or third grade. View quote
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