If you're not going to wear a tiara when you win a Newbery Award, when are you going to wear one? Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes award newbery tiara
Folklore has a moral center to it. Folklore is always, always, always on the side of the underdog, and children have a natural instinct towards justice. They feel indignation at needless cruelty and wistfulness about acts of mercy and kindness. Laura Amy Schlitz actcenterchild share on social
I tried for years to get an agent because I was told you needed an agent. The agent-hunting process was grim indeed. Laura Amy Schlitz agentgrimhunt Change image and share on social
I became fascinated by marionettes, which I first saw in Venice. They were so haunted and so alive. You walked by them, and you could feel their presence, with their beady eyes just fixed on you. Laura Amy Schlitz alivebeadyeye Change image and share on social
The harsh truth is, most red-haired men look like blondes who've spoiled from lack of refrigeration. They look like brown-haired men who've been composted out behind the barn. Yet that same pigmentation that on a man can resemble leaf mold or junkyard rust, a woman wears like a tiara of rubies. Tom Robbins barnblondebrown share on social
I'm awkward at these things. Just being nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Karate Kid was a real surprise and I was a little uncomfortable. Pat Morita academyactoraward Change image and share on social
After I won the Newbery Medal for 'From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler,' children all over the world let me know that they liked books that take them to unusual places where they meet unusual people. E. L. Konigsburg basilbookchild share on social