Top 30 Quotes by K. A. Applegate

About K. A. Applegate

These are some quotes by American author K. A. Applegate Writer, who was born on October 9, 1956.

I grew up in an affluent suburban world and never worried about money until I'd grown up and found wonderfully original ways to screw up my life.

I grew up in an affluent suburban world and never worried about money until I'd grown up and found wonderfully original ways to screw up my life.

K. A. Applegate

As a species, we can at times be dimwitted and cruel. But we're also capable of learning.

As a species, we can at times be dimwitted and cruel. But we're also capable of learning.

K. A. Applegate

I think younger readers connect so readily to animal characters because they share a certain vulnerability, particularly when it comes to adult humans, who can be a rather unpredictable lot.

I think younger readers connect so readily to animal characters because they share a certain vulnerability, particularly when it comes to adult humans, who can be a rather unpredictable lot.

K. A. Applegate

I was writing at a really young age, but it took me a long time to be brave enough to become a published writer, or to try to become a published writer. It's a very public way to fail. And I was kind of scared, so I started out as a ghost writer, and I wrote for other series, like Disney 'Aladdin' and 'Sweet Valley' and books like that.

K. A. Applegate

When I was a child, going to a circus with wild animal acts was a rite of passage. These days, it's an act of complicit cruelty.

When I was a child, going to a circus with wild animal acts was a rite of passage. These days, it's an act of complicit cruelty.

K. A. Applegate

One of my first paid gigs was writing psychology quizzes for 'YM,' a monthly teen magazine like 'Seventeen.'

One of my first paid gigs was writing psychology quizzes for 'YM,' a monthly teen magazine like 'Seventeen.'

K. A. Applegate

At the end of the day, I'd love to see children stop begging their parents to go to the circus. That's what would make me most happy.

At the end of the day, I'd love to see children stop begging their parents to go to the circus. That's what would make me most happy.

K. A. Applegate

I think I was 9, and my mom ordered them for me from a catalogue. They bred like crazy, and I was selling gerbils all around Michigan. They wrote a story about me in the local newspaper.

I think I was 9, and my mom ordered them for me from a catalogue. They bred like crazy, and I was selling gerbils all around Michigan. They wrote a story about me in the local newspaper.

K. A. Applegate

I think having imaginary friends is an amazing coping mechanism. It's pretty wonderful, and it makes a lot of sense to me.

I think having imaginary friends is an amazing coping mechanism. It's pretty wonderful, and it makes a lot of sense to me.

K. A. Applegate

I hope kids feel gratitude for what they do have.

I hope kids feel gratitude for what they do have.

K. A. Applegate

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