Cynthia Voigt quotes

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. (Cynthia Voigt)

I didnt 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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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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She couldn't get any farther away inside from her skin. She couldn't get away.

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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 was no scholar in college, and was arrogant about what I thought.

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I love teaching; I love little kids.

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Rebellion is necessary for development of character.

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Reading was my hobby, my sport and my activity of choice. It was the prime pleasure of my days, an unfailing escape from whatever realities were distressing me, and the only source of pride I knew, other vanities lying beyond my grasp. I couldn't do anything else well, but I could do words.

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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 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. (Cynthia Voigt)

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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One day at my grandmother's house, I discovered 'The Secret Garden' and read it. This was the first book I found entirely for myself, and I cherished it.

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