Newbery Award Quotes & Sayings

I don't recall any interest in science in particular. It came later in college. — Ellen Ochoa

Twenty-first century communications technology rendering the planet not so much global village as global schoolroom full of sniggering male virgins and bitchy female hypocrites. — Christopher Brookmyre

'Weedflower' was already in the copyediting phase when I heard about the Newbery award, so it didn't really influence my writing of that book, but since then, I have become more aware of having an audience. — Cynthia Kadohata

I'm not perfect and I don't have to be. — Demi Lovato

She was mine. Didn't she know that? Because my body was screaming it - demanding me to stake my claim on her. — Wendy Higgins

Never take no for answer, and try to make films that turn you on. — Mira Nair

Terry's mother worked in the film industry for many years. She always wanted him to marry an actress. — Marta Kristen

Most Pakistani politics is conducted within a narrow spectrum. Politicians spend much time debating the best ways to fight India, or take Kashmir, or dominate Afghanistan, or punish the United States for its real and imagined sins. — Stephen Kinzer

Monopoly is business at the end of its journey. — Henry Demarest Lloyd

LOUIS SACHAR is the author of the New York Times #1 bestseller Holes, winner of the Newbery Medal, the National Book Award, and the Christopher Award. He is also the author of Stanley Yelnats' Survival Guide to Camp Green Lake; Small Steps, winner of the Schneider Family Book Award; and The Cardturner, a Publishers Weekly Best Book, a Parents' Choice Gold Award recipient, and an ALA-YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults book. His books for younger readers include There's a Boy in the Girls' Bathroom, The Boy Who Lost His Face, Dogs Don't Tell Jokes, and the Marvin Redpost series, among many others. — Louis Sachar

Boating on the lake is one of my favorite summer activities. — Carl Hagelin

What's truly important
and what I find myself forgetting and having to relearn
is that right here, right now, I am free. Free to be myself and to express myself. — Kat Von D.

I feel about an incident is proportionate not just to the gravity of the situation, but also to the number of people who have witnessed it. — Paula Hawkins

So there clearly is a sense in which the Labour Party here, certainly at State level is reaching out and connecting with people and reflecting the aspirations and needs of, you know the mass of ordinary Australians. — Patricia Hewitt