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
eye heart looks
It all depends on you. If you want it to be different,it will be different. Don't look at the world with your eyes but with your heart.
wind mind safe
A sailor chooses the wind that takes the ship from a safe port. Ah, yes, but once you're abroad, as you have seen, winds have a mind of their own. Be careful, Charlotte, careful of the wind you choose.
thinking laughing good-reads
I want my readers to feel, to think, sometimes to laugh. But most of all I want them to enjoy a good read.
teacher writing thinking
I think you become a writer when you stop writing for yourself or your teachers and start thinking about readers.
wind mind sailor
A sailor may choose the wind to ride out of seaport, but the wind has a mind of it's own.
america people tears
People are freer in America. But there are more tears.
adventure gone thick-and-thin
It seems to me that you won't have had a proper series of adventures, unless you've gone through thick and thin.
men eyelashes blind
There are those who'd rob a blind man of his eyelashes if they could.
book writing adventure
I try to write about complex issues--young people in an adult world-- full of irony and contradiction in a narrative style that relies heavily on suspense with a texture rich in emotion and imagery. I take a great deal of satisfaction in using popular forms-- the adventure, the mystery, the thriller-- so as to hold my reader with the sheer pleasure of a good story. At the same time I try to resolve my books with an ambiguity that compels engagement. In short, I want my readers to feel, to think, sometimes to laugh. But most of all I want them to enjoy a good read.
writing voice might
Let's agree then . . . if you're about to come to a conclusion, you'll head off in another direction. You might even find your own voice.
reading writing heaven
For heaven's sake, don't write writing. Write reading!
wish limits seers
There is a limit to how much a seer wishes to see.
hurt mean causes
I took a deep breath. 'For you I've got something better than love.' What's that?' I...trust you.' Why?' You'll never hurt me.' Thank you.' But...' But, what?' I said, 'That means I'll hurt you.' Why?' 'Cause, like I said, you'll never hurt me back.
needs unhappiness cures
The cure for unhappiness...It's this: What a person needs is always more than they say.