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Jane Yolen quotes: You know how it is: as soon as you decide to forget something, your brain comes to the conclusion that it's the most fascinating thing in the world.

You know how it is: as soon as you decide to forget something, your brain comes to the conclusion that it's the most fascinating thing in the world.

Jane Yolen quotes: Papa wasn't like them, with lines like cursive writing up and down their faces.

Papa wasn't like them, with lines like cursive writing up and down their faces.

Jane Yolen quotes: He knew he was not a brave man, but he had a great sense of drama. In some circumstances it could seem the same. Forcing

He knew he was not a brave man, but he had a great sense of drama. In some circumstances it could seem the same. Forcing

Jane Yolen quotes: A book is a wonderful present. Though it may grow worn, it will never grow old.

A book is a wonderful present. Though it may grow worn, it will never grow old.

Jane Yolen quotes: Sometimes living takes more courage than dying.

Sometimes living takes more courage than dying.

Jane Yolen quotes: If you love a waist, you waste a love.

If you love a waist, you waste a love.

Jane Yolen quotes: But wanting and getting are hard neighbors and bitter friends.

But wanting and getting are hard neighbors and bitter friends.

Jane Yolen quotes: Growth in the ability to write comes in spurts.

Growth in the ability to write comes in spurts.

Jane Yolen quotes: Touch magic. Pass it on.

Touch magic. Pass it on.

Jane Yolen quotes: You can only chase a butterfly for so long.

You can only chase a butterfly for so long.

Jane Yolen quotes: Write every day. You don't have to write about anything specific, but you should exercise your writing muscle constantly.

Write every day. You don't have to write about anything specific, but you should exercise your writing muscle constantly.

Jane Yolen quotes: It is the last thing we learn, / listening to the creature world ...

It is the last thing we learn, / listening to the creature world ...

Jane Yolen quotes: All around the castle, a briary hedge began to grow, with thorns as sharp as barbs.

All around the castle, a briary hedge began to grow, with thorns as sharp as barbs.

Jane Yolen quotes: If you give up at the first rejection or the first bad review, you will never make it in publishing.

If you give up at the first rejection or the first bad review, you will never make it in publishing.

Jane Yolen quotes: Fairy Tales always have a happy ending.' That depends ... on whether you are Rumpelstiltskin or the Queen.

Fairy Tales always have a happy ending.' That depends ... on whether you are Rumpelstiltskin or the Queen.

Jane Yolen quotes: Childrens books change lives. Stories pour into the hearts of children and help make them what they become.

Childrens books change lives. Stories pour into the hearts of children and help make them what they become.

Jane Yolen quotes: It's never perfect when I write it down the first time, or the second time, or the fifth time. But it always gets better as I go over it and

It's never perfect when I write it down the first time, or the second time, or the fifth time. But it always gets better as I go over it and over it.

Jane Yolen quotes: The thing about endings is, they can begin quietly enough. That's how they sneak up on you.

The thing about endings is, they can begin quietly enough. That's how they sneak up on you.

Jane Yolen quotes: While I was in junior high, I wrote an entire essay in rhyme about manufacturing in New York State. In high school, I won a Scholastic poetry contest.

While I was in junior high, I wrote an entire essay in rhyme about manufacturing in New York State. In high school, I won a Scholastic poetry contest.

Jane Yolen quotes: Folklore is the perfect second skin. From under its hide, we can see all the shimmering, shadowy uncertainties of the world.

Folklore is the perfect second skin. From under its hide, we can see all the shimmering, shadowy uncertainties of the world.

Jane Yolen quotes: Write, write, and write some more. Think of writing as a muscle that needs lots of exercise.

Write, write, and write some more. Think of writing as a muscle that needs lots of exercise.

Jane Yolen quotes: Time may heal all wounds, but it does not erase the scars.

Time may heal all wounds, but it does not erase the scars.

Jane Yolen quotes: Because though women lie when they have to and men lie all the time, the mirror always tells the truth.

Because though women lie when they have to and men lie all the time, the mirror always tells the truth.

Jane Yolen quotes: Why am I working so hard? Going for 400 books, perhaps, but who's really counting?

Why am I working so hard? Going for 400 books, perhaps, but who's really counting?

Jane Yolen quotes: I must fill myself with sorrow if I am to give you what you want.

I must fill myself with sorrow if I am to give you what you want.

Jane Yolen quotes: Their lips were too thin to ask forgiveness, and their minds too mean to understand love.

Their lips were too thin to ask forgiveness, and their minds too mean to understand love.

Jane Yolen quotes: Well,' the Goddess said, 'your heart didn't heal straight the last time it broke. So we'll break it again and reset it so it heals straight this time.

Well,' the Goddess said, 'your heart didn't heal straight the last time it broke. So we'll break it again and reset it so it heals straight this time.

Jane Yolen quotes: Fish are not the best authority on water.

Fish are not the best authority on water.

Jane Yolen quotes: Love the writing, love the writing, love the writing, the rest will follow.

Love the writing, love the writing, love the writing, the rest will follow.

Jane Yolen quotes: Take a step, breathe in the world, give it out again in story, poem, song, art.

Take a step, breathe in the world, give it out again in story, poem, song, art.

Jane Yolen quotes: If you want to write, you write. Talent is simply not enough.

If you want to write, you write. Talent is simply not enough.

Jane Yolen quotes: For it began to occur to him that one way to become private was to respect another's privacy.

For it began to occur to him that one way to become private was to respect another's privacy.

Jane Yolen quotes: There's only one absolute rule in writing: None of us gets it right the first time. Revise, reverse, reinvent, re-vision.

There's only one absolute rule in writing: None of us gets it right the first time. Revise, reverse, reinvent, re-vision.

Jane Yolen quotes: I read everything aloud, novels as well as picture books. I believe the eye and ear are different listeners. So as writers, we have to please both.

I read everything aloud, novels as well as picture books. I believe the eye and ear are different listeners. So as writers, we have to please both.

Jane Yolen quotes: Happy-ever-after is a fairy-tale notion, not history. I know of no woman who escaped from Chelmno alive.

Happy-ever-after is a fairy-tale notion, not history. I know of no woman who escaped from Chelmno alive.

Jane Yolen quotes: Literature is a textually transmitted disease, normally contracted in childhood.

Literature is a textually transmitted disease, normally contracted in childhood.

Jane Yolen quotes: The others are all common mouths chattering, empty heads like wooden whistles blowing common tunes.

The others are all common mouths chattering, empty heads like wooden whistles blowing common tunes.

Jane Yolen quotes: We write not just to show off, not just to tell, or only to have written. We write to know ourselves.

We write not just to show off, not just to tell, or only to have written. We write to know ourselves.

Jane Yolen quotes: He wishes to be far away, either at sea or on the shore. In between, he realizes, is the most difficult of all places to be.

He wishes to be far away, either at sea or on the shore. In between, he realizes, is the most difficult of all places to be.

Jane Yolen quotes: Ideas are the cheapest part of the writing. They are free. The hard part is what you do with ideas you've gathered.

Ideas are the cheapest part of the writing. They are free. The hard part is what you do with ideas you've gathered.

Jane Yolen quotes: Language helps develp life as surely as it reflects life. It is a most important part of our human condition.

Language helps develp life as surely as it reflects life. It is a most important part of our human condition.

Jane Yolen quotes: And at twelve, heading for adulthood, a child fears that the way she is at that moment is all she's ever going to be.

And at twelve, heading for adulthood, a child fears that the way she is at that moment is all she's ever going to be.

Jane Yolen quotes: You've got some power," Jakkin said. "One hug - and the lights go out!

You've got some power," Jakkin said. "One hug - and the lights go out!

Jane Yolen quotes: You are a name, not a number. Never forget that name, whatever they tell you here. You will always be Chaya - life - to me.

You are a name, not a number. Never forget that name, whatever they tell you here. You will always be Chaya - life - to me.

Jane Yolen quotes: If there is a single person at the nexus of fantasy literature, it is Terri Windling as editor, as writer, as painter, as muse.

If there is a single person at the nexus of fantasy literature, it is Terri Windling
as editor, as writer, as painter, as muse.

Jane Yolen quotes: Not to know is bad, but not to wish to know is worse.

Not to know is bad, but not to wish to know is worse.

Jane Yolen quotes: I don't care whether the story is real or fantastical. I tell the story that needs to be told.

I don't care whether the story is real or fantastical. I tell the story that needs to be told.

Jane Yolen quotes: I have pulled threads from magic tapestries already woven and used them to weave my own cloth.

I have pulled threads from magic tapestries already woven and used them to weave my own cloth.

Jane Yolen quotes: What is a vow ... but the mouth repeating what the heart has already promised?

What is a vow ... but the mouth repeating what the heart has already promised?

Jane Yolen quotes: I began as a journalist for my pocketbook and a poet for my soul.

I began as a journalist for my pocketbook and a poet for my soul.

Jane Yolen quotes: I think picture books should stretch children. I think they should be full of wonderful, amazing words.

I think picture books should stretch children. I think they should be full of wonderful, amazing words.

Jane Yolen quotes: All around me, grown-up voices called out, "Amen!" as if the word was a hall pass into Heaven.

All around me, grown-up voices called out, "Amen!" as if the word was a hall pass into Heaven.

Jane Yolen quotes: You write to be read. That is the bottom line.

You write to be read. That is the bottom line.

Jane Yolen quotes: Wanting to die and dying, she found were two separate things.

Wanting to die and dying, she found were two separate things.

Jane Yolen quotes: How often is the passing of one storm only a prelude to another.

How often is the passing of one storm only a prelude to another.

Jane Yolen quotes: What was can never be again.

What was can never be again.