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I simply write with an intelligent reader in mind. I don't think about how old they are.

Family life was wonderful. The streets were bleak. The playgrounds were bleak. But home was always warm. My mother and father had a great relationship. I always felt 'safe' there.

Robert Cormier

There are no taboos. Every topic is open, however shocking. It is the way that the topics are handled that's important, and that applies whether it is a 15-year-old who is reading your book or someone who is 55.

Robert Cormier

You seldom get a censorship attempt from a 14-year-old boy. It's the adults who get upset.

Robert Cormier

I've had aunts and uncles who not only haven't read my books but could hardly believe that I was a writer.

Robert Cormier

I take real people and put them in extraordinary situations.

Robert Cormier

The beautiful part of writing is that you don't have to get it right the first time, unlike, say, a brain surgeon. You can always do it better, find the exact word, the apt phrase, the leaping simile.

Robert Cormier

I have always had a sense that we are all pretty much alone in life, particularly in adolescence.

Robert Cormier

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.

Robert Cormier

I simply write with an intelligent reader in mind. I don't think about how old they are.

Robert Cormier

I can't remember a time when I wasn't trying to get something down on paper.

Robert Cormier

I had my bully, and it was excruciating. Not only the bully, but the intimidation I felt.

Robert Cormier

All the stories I'll ever need are right here on Main Street.

Robert Cormier