“Flat or uninteresting writing often signals something deeper that is b...” — Kathi Appelt Quote

“Flat or uninteresting writing often signals something deeper that is being covered up.”

“Magic happens, see. It's just like on those bumper stickers, the ones that say, 'Miracles Happen', or 'Jesus Happens'. I never really took those too seriously. I mean, they're bumper stickers. Yeah, yeah, I know what you're thinking. Miracles? Right. Jesus? Maybe. But magic?”

“I had tried writing novels for many years, and they always escaped me. For a long time, I thought, 'It's just not in me to write a novel. It's not something I'm able to do.' It seemed like everything I wrote naturally ended at the bottom of page three. A picture book, three pages; an essay, three pages.”

“When the wires are all down and your heart is covered with the snows of pessimism and the ice of cynicism, then, and only then, have you grown old.”

“If Ed Sheeran covered my songs, I would die. That would be unbelievable.”

“My stint as general manager of MSNBC made me particularly sensitive to how the big stories are covered.”