Kids tell me all the time, "I don't know how you do it, but that's us in the book." That's the kind of response you want, and I can't sacrifice it for the sake of somebody worried about censorship. You have to find a way to be truthful and honest.
Robert CormierHe was intrigued by the power of words, not the literary words that filled the books in the library but the sharp, staccato words that went into the writing of news stories. Words that went for the jugular. Active verbs that danced and raced on the page.
Robert CormierEverybody sins, Francis. The terrible thing is that we love our sins. We love the thing that makes us evil.
Robert CormierI simply write with an intelligent reader in mind. I don't think about how old they are.
Robert Cormier