Neal Shusterman
Neal Shusterman
Neal Shustermanis an American writer of young-adult fiction. He won the National Book Award for Young People's Literature for Challenger Deep...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionYoung Adult Author
Date of Birth12 November 1962
CityBrooklyn, NY
CountryUnited States of America
art eye needs
Sure, I can talk like you, but I choose not to, It's like an art, you know? Picasso had to prove to the world he could paint the right way, before he goes putting both eyes on the side of a face... See if you paint wrong because that's the best you can do, you just a chump. But you do it because you want to? Then you're an artist...You can take that to the grave and dig it up when you need it.
mom mother thinking
I think all mothers are alike, regardless of cultural background, when it comes to illogical cleaning.
uncles pain joy
For standing between Cody and his pain is my obligation, and standing between my uncle and his pain is my rent, but the pain I coax from Bronte is my joy
heart crystals valuable
Love turns a heart to crystal...Much more valuable, but much more fragile.
misunderstood affliction three
Mental illness is by far the most misunderstood, and stigmatized, of all afflictions. Statistically, one in three families in the U.S. deals with mental illness, and yet it's rarely discussed in the open. It's time for that to change.
nurse want scared
I'm scared," he says."I know," says the nurse."I want you all to go to Hell.""That's natural.
teacher school thinking
Once in a while our school has half days, and the teachers spend the afternoon 'in service,' which I think must be a group therapy for having to deal with us.
inspiring failure ambition
I'd rather be partly great than entirely useless.
light judging shadow
How do you judge the brightness of a light when you’re the source? A spotlight can never see the shadows it casts.
law educated
That's what law is: educated guesses at right and wrong.