I've had aunts and uncles who not only haven't read my books but could hardly believe that I was a writer.

Quote by Robert Cormier

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I had my bully, and it was excruciating. Not only the bully, but the intimidation...

I had my bully, and it was excruciating. Not only the bully, but the intimidation...

I have always had a sense that we are all pretty much alone in life,...

I have always had a sense that we are all pretty much alone in life,...

I simply write with an intelligent reader in mind. I don't think about how old...

I simply write with an intelligent reader in mind. I don't think about how old...

You seldom get a censorship attempt from a 14-year-old boy. It's the adults who get...

You seldom get a censorship attempt from a 14-year-old boy. It's the adults who get...

I take real people and put them in extraordinary situations.

I take real people and put them in extraordinary situations.

The beautiful part of writing is that you don't have to get it right the...

The beautiful part of writing is that you don't have to get it right the...

My dream was to be known as a writer and to be able to produce...

My dream was to be known as a writer and to be able to produce...

I can't remember a time when I wasn't trying to get something down on paper.

I can't remember a time when I wasn't trying to get something down on paper.

There are no taboos. Every topic is open, however shocking. It is the way that...

There are no taboos. Every topic is open, however shocking. It is the way that...

Family life was wonderful. The streets were bleak. The playgrounds were bleak. But home was...

Family life was wonderful. The streets were bleak. The playgrounds were bleak. But home was...

Don't handicap your children by making their lives easy.

Don't handicap your children by making their lives easy.

One reason we have children I think is to learn that parts of ourselves we...

One reason we have children I think is to learn that parts of ourselves we...

Even as kids reach adolescence, they need more than ever for us to watch over...

Even as kids reach adolescence, they need more than ever for us to watch over...

No man should bring children into the world who is unwilling to persevere to the...

No man should bring children into the world who is unwilling to persevere to the...

Few things are more satisfying than seeing your children have teenagers of their own.

Few things are more satisfying than seeing your children have teenagers of their own.

Home life's great, man. The kids are great, happy and healthy. I've reached this sort...

Home life's great, man. The kids are great, happy and healthy. I've reached this sort...

A baby changes your dinner party conversation from politics to poops.

A baby changes your dinner party conversation from politics to poops.

Children are educated by what the grown-up is and not by his talk.

Children are educated by what the grown-up is and not by his talk.

Even if we give parents all the information they need and we improve school meals...

Even if we give parents all the information they need and we improve school meals...

Every child is innocent and every child should be given a proper childhood which would...

Every child is innocent and every child should be given a proper childhood which would...