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Since I've written many of my books from a less-than-sympathetic viewpoint, I think that being able to see things from all sides is a useful talent.
Alex Flinn
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Alex Flinn
Age: 57
Born: 1966
Born: October 23
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New York City
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Those who do not know how to see the precious things in life will never be happy.
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In stories like Cinderella and Beauty and the Beast, they always say the heroine is 'as good as she is beautiful.' I wondered if people just wanted that to be true, wanted the beautiful to be good. I wondered if they wanted the ugly to be bad because then they wouldn't have to feel bad for them.
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People make such a big deal about looks, but after a while, when you know someone, you don't even notice anymore.
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Every girl pretends she is a princess at one point, no matter how little her life is like that.
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The magic is over, but its effects will live forever.
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Everyone can use a little beauty.
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Although my other ambition was to be a musical theater star (and I would attend college on a voice scholarship), writing was never far from my mind.
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A shoe that fits one person pinches another.
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A boy admiring a pretty girl. A rare thing to be certain. But love-true love-is something else.
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Anyone else feel like that? Like your life's a big act. Like you're trying to be a man when you're just a scared kid, trying to keep under control when you really want to scream, cry, or maybe hit someone. Ever feel like you're breathing underwater and you have to stop because you're gulping in too much fluid.
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A beautiful thing is precious no matter the price
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I am a princess. I do not follow fashions--I make them.
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I have a great deal of empathy for anyone who's having a hard time. I believe this ability to see another's viewpoint has served me well as a writer.
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Maybe we judge people too much by their looks because it's easier than seeing what's really important.
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I was painfully shy, and I had tremendous difficulty making friends. So, lacking friends, I watched other people. Watching is something all writers must do, and it was in junior high that I learned to do it.
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It would be so great to have someone my own age to talk to, even if it was just about books.
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Good to know: Doctors can't cure you of being a beast.
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I wrote poetry, journals, and, especially, plays for the neighborhood kids to perform. I had an ordinary, happy childhood. Nothing much was going on, but I had fun.
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Each of my books took roughly one and a half years to write. Some may have taken a shorter time to write the draft and a longer time to revise, while others were the opposite.
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This isn't a fairy tale. It's New York City.
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