Norton Juster

Norton Juster
Norton Justeris an American academic, architect, and popular writer. He is best known as an author of children's books, notably for The Phantom Tollbooth and The Dot and the Line...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionChildren's Author
Date of Birth2 June 1929
CityBrooklyn, NY
CountryUnited States of America
morning writing half
I write best in the morning, and I can only write for about half a day, that's about it.
book thinking good-book
I think really good books can be read by anybody.
kids want problem
One of the problems you have when you read with kids is that once they like something they want you to read it a hundred times.
nature children thinking
To a child, and to an adult, too, what you discover by yourself, or what you think you discover by yourself, is what stays.
flower years people
You see, years ago I was just an ordinary bee minding my own business, smelling flowers all day, and occasionally picking up part-time work in people's bonnets. Then one day I realized that I'd never amount to anything without an education and, being naturally adept at spelling, I decided that—
character simple essence
You see, it's really quite simple. A simile is just a mode of comparison employing 'as' and 'like' to reveal the hidden character or essence of whatever we want to describe, and through the use of fancy, association, contrast, extension, or imagination, to enlarge our understanding or perception of human experience and observation.
boys causes
Just as I thought: boys are the cause of everything.
And some looked even more like each other than they did like themselves.
trying enthusiasm doing-you
But I find the best things I do, I do when I'm trying to avoid doing something else I'm supposed to be doing. You know, you're working on something. You get bugged, or you lose your enthusiasm or something. So you turn to something else with an absolute vengeance
facts pieces information
When you're very young and you learn something - a fact, a piece of information, whatever - it doesn't connect to anything.
world phantom-tollbooth something-new
And it's much the same thing with knowledge, for whenever you learn something new, the whole world becomes that much richer.
way sometimes begin-again
Sometimes I find the best way of getting from one place to another is simply to erase everything and begin again.
home school somewhere-else
When he was in school he longed to be out, and when he was out he longed to be in. On the way he thought about coming home, and coming home he thought about going. Wherever he was he wished he were somewhere else, and when he got there he wondered why he'd even bothered.
good-morning beautiful memories
Every sunrise gives you a new beginning and a new ending. Let this morning be a new beginning to a better relationship and a new ending to the bad memories. Its an opportunity to enjoy life, breathe freely, think and love. Be grateful for this beautiful day.