I really love writing, but I am very easily distracted: my two cats fighting, a rainbow, a TV show... I have to use every trick to keep myself at the computer.
From K. A. Applegate
I think we have a real obligation when we do have animals in captivity to understand their needs and to care for them as well as we can.
I hate to witness animals in captivity - or see circus elephants paraded down the streets. When animals are caged, it's a loss of what they are.
Hunger and homelessness aren't things we always want to talk about.
One of the reasons I love writing for middle graders, besides their voracious appetite for books, is their deep concern for fairness and morality.
I love any excuse to come to New York - when it's not February.
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.
I grew up with a menagerie of dogs, cats, gerbils - not to mention three younger siblings.
I was sure I wanted to grow up to be either a veterinarian or a writer. In fact, I worked for a vet during high school, doing everything from cleaning cages to assisting in surgery.
I think all writers write from the time they're really young, and you just start asking the question, 'What if?'
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