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My parents homeschooled my sister and me for many years. Why? Because the local school insisted that I, being three, should go to preschool, and my sister, being five, should go to kindergarten. The problem? You learn your alphabet in preschool, and I was already reading chapter books.

~Adora Svitak

Topics: Alphabet Because Being Books Chapter Five Go Insisted Kindergarten Learn Local Many Me Parents Preschool Problem Reading School Should Sister Three Why Years You Your

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If you haven't read 'In The Morning I'll Be Gone', I reckon it's a pretty good place to start if you're new to me and my books.

~Adrian Mckinty

Topics: Books Gone Good Good Place Me Morning New Place Pretty Pretty Good Read Reckon Start You

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I think the response I get to one 'New Yorker' cover outweighs five books that I publish.

~Adrian Tomine

Topics: Books Cover Five Get New New Yorker Publish Response Think Yorker I Think

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'Drawn & Quarterly' has always given me complete editorial control over my books and comics, so any decision about what to include or exclude from the book was my own.

~Adrian Tomine

Topics: About Always Any Book Books Comics Complete Control Decision Drawn Editorial Exclude Given Include Me My Own Over Own

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There's a lot of books that I've purchased simply because of the cover design. On the other hand, there's certain books that, even if I'm very curious about the content, I can't bring myself to buy if I really dislike the cover.

~Adrian Tomine

Topics: About Because Books Bring Buy Certain Content Cover Curious Design Dislike Even Hand Lot Myself Other Purchased Really Simply Very

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If anything, I feel a bit of pressure to write about less disenfranchised people, because I'd probably sell more books that way and would've already had some hot property that I could've sold to Hollywood.

~Adrian Tomine

Topics: About Anything Because Bit Books Disenfranchised Feel Had Hollywood Hot Less More People Pressure Property Sell Sold Some Way Write I Feel

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I grew up with a very romantic, idealized vision of New York, probably because of all the books I read and the movies I watched.

~Adrian Tomine

Topics: Because Books Grew Movies New New York Read Romantic Up Very Vision Watched York

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Most normal boys, as they're growing up, they - in order to become attractive, they might, you know, get good at sports or join a rock band or develop good social skills, and for some reason, I thought that drawing comic books might be my route.

~Adrian Tomine

Topics: Attractive Band Become Books Boy Comic Comic Books Develop Drawing Get Good Growing Growing Up Join Know Might Most Normal Order Reason Rock Rock Band Route Skills Social Social Skills Some Sports Thought Up You

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I fell in love with reading when I was allowed to choose whatever books I wanted to check out of the library. I was around nine years old when I began choosing my own books in earnest.

~Adriana Trigiani

Topics: Allowed Around Began Books Check Choose Choosing Earnest Fell Library Love My Own Nine Old Out Own Reading Wanted Whatever Years

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I loved to read, still do, and it seemed that the writing was a result of the love of books and reading and libraries.

~Adriana Trigiani

Topics: Books Libraries Love Loved Read Reading Result Seemed Still Writing

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