“There is no greater compliment for a writer than to have pleased a tro...” — Rodman Philbrick Quote

“There is no greater compliment for a writer than to have pleased a troubled child.”

“Unfortunately, the author of a book pretty much gives up control of the story when the producers take over a book to make it into a movie.”

“I started writing stories in sixth grade. But writing wasn't cool, like being good at sports, or being part of the in crowd, or winning fights on the playground.”

“When somebody used to compliment me, I'd spend 10 minutes trying to talk them out of it.”

“I really don't even know how to take a compliment honestly.”

“They showed this one beautiful picture of me recently and they had all the things that I had done. I thought it was a great compliment for everybody to think I've had plastic surgery.”