Avi Quotes
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Avi Famous Quotes & Sayings
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Writers don't write writing, they write reading. When I was a kid, I read four or five books a week. And that is how I became a writer.
The last time I looked," Avon pointed out, "the world isn't bigger than the universe, though I'm willing to admit I've never actually measured it.
Magic," her mother said, "is a kind of hope. And wishes are like dreams. When we have them, we can make things change. Without, we stay the same.
I think you become a writer when you stop writing for yourself or your teachers and start thinking about readers.
My mind has become somewhat like a book. What I mean by that is that when I look at the world, I see it as a story.
Do you ever smile, boy?" he demanded. "If you can't laugh and smile, life is worthless. Do you hear me?" he yelled. "It's NOTHING!
Not for nothing are they called deadlines. By the time you reach the final line, sir, you are indeed dead.
It seems to me that you won't have had a proper series of adventures, unless you've gone through thick and thin.
Let's agree then ... if you're about to come to a conclusion, you'll head off in another direction. You might even find your own voice.
BEAR WAS DEAD. That sweet and kindly man, the wisest I had ever known, the one I considered friend, teacher, and even father, was gone. Would
The greater a man's - or boy's - ignorance of the world, the more certain he is that he sits in the center of that world.
It makes it harder to write if I watch a lot of television, because television is not like a written story.
The boys, hearing this declaration, allowed not the slightest hint that they had ever heard anything like it before.
It's wonderful how much you can learn by just being quiet and listening. Sometimes you even learn the truth - or what seems to be the truth.
All I can think is that when you torment a person ... the soul dies. When the soul dies, I suppose mercy dies, too.
The important thing was that he was there, as much a part of the rock, the water, the beach, the house, as they had come to be part of him.
Understanding that, I know I have not seen a ghost. I am not mad. It is something more extraordinary than that. I have made a mistake!
In elementary school, I did well in science, but I was a poor writer. When I got to high school, I failed all my courses.
It all depends on you. If you want it to be different,it will be different. Don't look at the world with your eyes but with your heart.
A lot of people think inspiration means magic. But really, inspiration means to put life into something.