Lois Duncan Quotes

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Lois Duncan Steinmetz (28 April 1934 – 15 June 2016) was an American novelist, poet, and journalist who primarily wrote young adult literature and horror and suspense novels, many of which—including I Know What You Did Last Summer, Summer of Fear, and Killing Mr. Griffin—were adapted into feature films.

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I cannot remember a time when I did not consider myself a writer.

The 100 Most Popular Young Adult Authors: Biographical Sketches and Bibliographies (1997)

Killing Mr. Griffin doesn't encourage violence in schools any more than the story of Cain and Able encourages children to kill their younger brothers.

I understand the craft of writing, because it’s who and what I am. The commercial world of publishing, both in the past and today, is an ongoing mystery to me. Fads are constantly changing.

It came naturally. I came from a family of strong women.

Violence is a fact of life in today’s society and therefore it has its place in books and films, but I strongly believe that the people who create those books and films have a duty to treat the subject seriously and to show the terrible consequences.

The books I loved most as a child were those that contained elements of magic—the whole series of Oz books, Mary Poppins, The Princess and the Goblin—I could name them indefinitely.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Lois Duncan (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.