Robert Cormier
Robert Cormier
Robert Edmund Cormierwas 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. The Chocolate War was challenged in multiple libraries. His books often are concerned with themes such as abuse, mental illness, violence, revenge, betrayal and conspiracy. In most of his novels, the protagonists do not win...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth17 July 1925
CountryUnited States of America
I had my bully, and it was excruciating. Not only the bully, but the intimidation I felt.
Everybody sins, Francis. The terrible thing is that we love our sins. We love the thing that makes us evil.
And he did see--that life was rotten, that there were no heroes, really, and that you couldn't trust anybody, not even yourself.
Do I dare disturb the universe? Yes, I do, I do. I think. Jerry suddenly understood the poster--the solitary man on the beach standing upright and alone and unafraid, poised at the moment of making himself heard and known in the world, the universe.
It came to me that hell would not be fire and smoke after all but arctic, everything white and frigid. Hell would be not anger but indifference.
...pain reaches a certain point and does not get worse but remains in all its intensity and you can survive it.
A writer must take risks, defy the odds, be a bit obsessed and a little mad.
I'm weary of the battle. But a tired fighter can still be a fighter.
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.
We all start out with the same alphabet. We are all unique. Talent is not the most important thing --- discipline and dedication are. Craft can be learned but desire and longing are innate. Despite the demands of school and just being young, try to write SOMETHING every day --- a description, a captured emotion, a simile, a metaphor. Read, for crying out loud! A writer must read the way a ball player must go to the ballfield every day to practice. Everything is possible in this world of ours--- and so's publication.