Avi
Avi
American author of young adult literature and winner of the Newbery Medal in 2003.
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionYoung Adult Author
Date of Birth23 December 1937
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
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Everybody has ideas. The vital question is, what do you do with them? My rock musician sons shape their ideas into music. My sister takes her ideas and fashions them into poems. My brother uses his ideas to help him understand science. I take my ideas and turn them into stories.
written
It makes it harder to write if I watch a lot of television, because television is not like a written story.
bores truth
The truth is I don't watch TV at all. It bores me.
teachers writer
I think you become a writer when you stop writing for yourself or your teachers and start thinking about readers.
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Every night, I was read to. Every Friday, we were taken to the library. I always received at least one book for my birthday. I have a few of them yet. Early on, I had my own collection of books. I loved to read. Still do.
Writing is my profession. Photography is my hobby.
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For some 25 years, I worked as a librarian, first at the New York Public Library, then at Trenton State College in New Jersey. My life has always been with, around, and for books.
life people
A lot of people think inspiration means magic. But really, inspiration means to put life into something.
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To become a novelist, the most crucial thing one must do is read, read and read again - gradually you begin to think like a writer. Ideas are not found - they are shaped.
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We expect all the settlements to be evacuated during the next week.
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Our country moved to electronic voting in public elections before the technology was ready, ... This center will develop the fundamental science necessary for secure, accessible, trustworthy and transparent voting.
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It creates a new situation. We have to deal with it.
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People have jumped on the electronic voting bandwagon, thinking that will solve the problems, ... But these systems are largely untested.
held people policy positions waiting
People in policy positions need to be held accountable. We're waiting to see more acknowledgement of those mistakes.