Pat Mora quotes
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“I did realize, as do you, how blessed I was to know bookjoy, the private pleasure of savoring text.”
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“I became a good writer when I saw the age of forty coming at me”
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“I want children who feel embarrassed because they speak Spanish to realize that there are places where the beautiful Spanish they speak is an asset.”
-- Pat MoraSource : Source: www.teachingbooks.net
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“I will never know what it's like to have only one language in my head. I have the pleasure of being able to move back and forth between Spanish and English, and I incorporate both languages in my books.”
-- Pat MoraSource : Source: www.teachingbooks.net
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“I write because I am curious. I am curious about me.”
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“If we're trying to excite young people about reading, we need to be experiencingbookjoy ourselves so that we have references to make. It's important to be able to say, "You know, I read the most wonderful poem the other day. Let me tell you about it."”
-- Pat MoraSource : Source: www.teachingbooks.net
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“Writers are always diverse on the inside.”
-- Pat MoraSource : Source: www.teachingbooks.net
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“I have a deep attachment to the natural world. It's a major influence on my writing, and as I look out over the wonderful snow-covered Santa Fe hills, I'm grateful for every day that I live here.”
-- Pat MoraSource : Source: www.teachingbooks.net
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“Teachers and librarians can be the most effective advocates for diversifying children's and young adult books. When I speak to publishers, they're going to expect me to say that I would love to see more books by Native American authors and African-American authors and Arab-American authors. But when a teacher or librarian says this to publishers, it can have a profound effect.”
-- Pat MoraSource : Source: www.teachingbooks.net
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“It is always a tense moment for an author to see how someone hasillustrated his or her story, because the author has lived for so long with these characters, sometimes for years.”
-- Pat MoraSource : Source: www.teachingbooks.net
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“When I'm writing poetry, 99.9% of my writing begins in English. I spent most of my life in English, although I am bilingual.”
-- Pat MoraSource : Source: www.teachingbooks.net
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“I often focus more on language than on the conveying of information.”
-- Pat MoraSource : Source: www.teachingbooks.net
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“I usually begin a poem in longhand. I like to sit where I have a nice view, ideally, although I worked on haiku this weekend at an airport. I'm not one to romanticize inspiration. I try to get to the work.”
-- Pat MoraSource : Source: www.teachingbooks.net
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