Robert Edmond Cormier Quotes

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

  Robert Edmond Cormier

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• There are no taboos. Every topic is open, however shocking. It is the way that the topics are handled that’s important, and that applies whether it is a 15-year-old who is reading your book or someone who is 55.

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• The beautiful part of writing is that you don’t have to get it right the first time, unlike, say, a brain surgeon. You can always do it better, find the exact word, the apt phrase, the leaping simile.

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• My dream was to be known as a writer and to be able to produce at least one book that would be read by people. That dream came true with the publication of my first novel – and all the rest has been a sweet bonus.

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• I’ve had aunts and uncles who not only haven’t read my books but could hardly believe that I was a writer.

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• I take real people and put them in extraordinary situations.

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• I simply write with an intelligent reader in mind. I don’t think about how old they are.

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• I had my bully, and it was excruciating. Not only the bully, but the intimidation I felt.

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

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• All the stories I’ll ever need are right here on Main Street.

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• 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.

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• I have always had a sense that we are all pretty much alone in life, particularly in adolescence.

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Robert Edmond Cormier (12)

Birth:	17th January, 1925
Death:	2nd November, 2000
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Author

About

Robert Edmund Cormier was an American author, columnist and reporter, known for his deeply pessimistic, downbeat literature. His most popular works include I Am the Cheese, After the First Death, We All Fall Down and The Chocolate War, all of which have won awards.

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