Quotes by Laurie Halse Anderson

About Laurie Halse Anderson:

Laurie Halse Anderson is an American writer best known for children's and young adult novels. She received the Margaret A. Edwards Award from the American Library Association in 2009 for her contribution to young adult literature.
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I want to eat like a normal person eats, but I need to see my bones or I will hate myself even more and I might cut out my heart or take every pill that was ever made.

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Kids are mostly very resilient.

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Some adults would rather pretend that bad things don't exist than to talk about them.

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Each reader has to find her or his own message within a book.

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I don't reread my books after they're published, because it's agony.

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Sometimes things just fall out of your head on the paper, and if you're smart, you learn not to touch them.

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I think maybe I might have to do what some other authors do, which is do a variation on my name, just to send readers the message that, 'Yep, this is me, but this is a different part of me. So brace yourself.'

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Sometimes when I find myself very irritated about a topic, I know it's my next book.

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I am super proud of being an American, but we fail our veterans every day.

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We've fallen down on our responsibility to our children by somehow creating this world where they're surrounded by images of sexuality; and yet, we as adults struggle to talk to kids honestly about sex, the rules of dignity and consent.

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You know how sometimes you hear a chord played on an organ and you can feel it vibrating in your bones? Sometimes when I'm writing, I can feel my bones vibrating because I'll have a thought or I'll have a character's voice in my head, and that's when...

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I wish America would stop judging and criticizing teens and instead, try to understand the battles they have to fight every day.

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It's bad timing, but a lot of kids become teenagers just as their parents are hitting their mid-life crisis. So everybody's miserable and confused and seeking that new sense of identity.

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I'm a big 'Star Trek' fan.

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Censoring books that deal with difficult, adolescent issues does not protect anybody. Quite the opposite. It leaves kids in the darkness and makes them vulnerable. Censorship is the child of fear and the father of ignorance. Our children cannot affor...

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I stuff my mouth with old fabric and scream until there are no sounds left under my skin.

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Nicole can do anything that involves a ball and whistle.

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(Even the teachers noticed. Mr. Diaz walked past my locker when Finn was there and said, "For the love of all that is holy, you two, please don't breed.") Pg 149

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Revision means throwing out the boring crap and making what’s left sound natural.

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Write about the emotions you fear the most.

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I think how veterans are treated in our country is an abomination. We don't have the draft any more, which is why so many soldiers come from working-class - rather than middle- or high-income families. Those wealthier families aren't affected, so the...

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Author Bio

  • NameLaurie Halse Anderson
  • DescriptionAmerican children's writer
  • BornOctober 23, 1961
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionWriter; Novelist
  • WorksSpeak; Catalyst; Wintergirls
  • AwardsMargaret Edwards Award