Avi
Avi
American author of young adult literature and winner of the Newbery Medal in 2003.
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionYoung Adult Author
Date of Birth23 December 1937
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
thinking soul mercy
All I can think is that when you torment a person...the soul dies. When the soul dies, I suppose mercy dies, too.
teacher writing thinking
I think you become a writer when you stop writing for yourself or your teachers and start thinking about readers.
thinking laughing good-reads
I want my readers to feel, to think, sometimes to laugh. But most of all I want them to enjoy a good read.
thinking technology voting
I don't think with today's technology we can have a voting system that is fully electronic that can be trusted.
thinking years ideas
My position hasn't changed over the years. Which is that online voting is a very unsafe idea and a very bad idea and something I think no technological breakthrough I can foresee can ever change.
thinking people world
I think well-read people - the world is open to them.
thinking make-you-think should
Everything you see that makes you think about the comics, I think you should read into it.
electronic largely people solve systems thinking voting
People have jumped on the electronic voting bandwagon, thinking that will solve the problems, ... But these systems are largely untested.
answers listen others satisfied watch
Listen and watch the world around you. Don't be satisfied with answers others give you.
life public state worked york
For some 25 years, I worked as a librarian, first at the New York Public Library, then at Trenton State College in New Jersey. My life has always been with, around, and for books.
answers assume believes understand work
Don't assume that because everyone believes a thing, that it is right or wrong. Reason things out for yourself. Work to get answers on your own. Understand why you believe things.
brother everybody fashions help ideas music musician question rock science shape sons takes turn understand uses vital
Everybody has ideas. The vital question is, what do you do with them? My rock musician sons shape their ideas into music. My sister takes her ideas and fashions them into poems. My brother uses his ideas to help him understand science. I take my ideas and turn them into stories.
birthday collection early few loved received taken
Every night, I was read to. Every Friday, we were taken to the library. I always received at least one book for my birthday. I have a few of them yet. Early on, I had my own collection of books. I loved to read. Still do.
written
It makes it harder to write if I watch a lot of television, because television is not like a written story.