Robert Cormier

Family life was wonderful. The streets were bleak. The playgrounds were bleak. But home was always warm. My mother and father had a great relationship. I always felt 'safe' there.

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

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

If you're not having a good time, find something else that gives you some joy in life.

Children, even infants, are capable of sympathy. But only after adolescence are we capable of compassion.

If you have a block of ballistics gelatin and a high-speed camera, pretty soon somebody gets a gun!