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

— Lois Duncan

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

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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.

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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There is a Lady sweet and kind,
Was never face so pleased my mind;
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To call woman the weaker sex is a libel; it is man's injustice to woman.

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We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men and women are created equal.

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