Meg Cabot quotes - page 8

My original inspiration was my mom: a few years after the death of my dad, she started dating one my teachers! (Meg Cabot)
I was too lazy to start a whole new story, so I just stuck a princess into the story I was working on... and The Princess Diaries was born! View quote
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My favorite book of all time is Cold Comfort Farm, by Stella Gibbons. View quote
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I like to think of my books and the movies of my books living in two separate universes. Each is very nice, but only one is correct - the book. But that doesn't mean you can't enjoy the other versions, and I always do. View quote
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Screenwriting is a much more collaborative effort. When you write a novel, it's just you, with input from your editor. View quote
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For each book, I do end up making a kind of playlist to fit the characters. View quote
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I don't give books as gifts. Books are extremely personal, and I would hate to give someone a book that they don't like or want, because it would break my heart if they didn't read it. View quote
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I love jezebel.com for the latest on fashion, style, and celebrity gossip. I also love gawker.com for New York celebrity sightings, and galleycat.com and trashionista.com for book news. View quote
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I think you get so wrapped up in the book you're currently writing, it's hard to think about anything else. But I know as soon as I'm done with this book, I'll move on to something else. View quote
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We can all agree that first loves can be a scary thing, and that growing up is hard to do. View quote
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One of the reasons that I think I do love to write is because I did have a difficult childhood and not so great teenage years. It always helped me escape from my problems. (Meg Cabot)
When I did see the story of Persephone, I was really drawn to it. Persephone, the goddess of spring, was kept from Olympus by her mother, Demeter, because Demeter was very worried that the gods of Olympus would do something terrible to her. View quote
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In high school, I was very active in extracurricular activities such as art, theatre, and choir. I also wrote for the school newspaper, but not regularly, because I never liked writing non-fiction very much. View quote
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I was an unhappy child, and that puts me off having a child of my own. View quote
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One of the biggest motivations for me with writing my books is to offer girls some escapism, especially girls who really need it, like I did. View quote
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We were a very funny family. Humour was the tool with which my brother and I tried to get attention. We were always trying to be the funniest. View quote
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Sometimes I just want to write a really intense love scene. But I can't do that in my books for teens, or parents will complain - believe me, I've tried. View quote
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Pretty isn't the only thing that matters - being smart and kind matters more, of course - but all daughters should hear from their moms that they look pretty once in a while. View quote
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Usually writer's block arises when something is wrong internally with the story. View quote
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Remember, if you don't feel passionate about the characters and subject of your story, your readers won't either. View quote
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All of my characters are a little bit based on people I know in real life. You know when you do that you have to change the character a little bit in case your friend or your relative reads the book, because you don't want them to know you wrote about them... They might get mad. (Meg Cabot)
I was the kind of kid who couldn't really stop making up stories during class. I didn't do very well academically because I was always drawing these little doodles in the margins of my notebooks and I wasn't bringing home the best grades. View quote
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I used to draw and illustrate, but I don't do that anymore because I just like to write. I like to leave the illustrations to actual professional illustrators. View quote
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Strong female characters - even if they don't necessarily make the same decisions that we might - make such great narrative material, especially when there's an equally strong male character in the mix. View quote
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My family, theyre story tellers. My mom is Irish, and my dad is Italian. In my family, we werent allowed to watch TV while we ate - we had to sit around the table and tell stories about our day. View quote
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