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
book character writing
And when I'm writing, I write a lot anyway. I might write pages and pages of conversation between characters that don't necessarily end up in the book, or in the story I'm working on, because they're simply my way of getting to know the characters
book writing kids
I received a grant from The Ford Foundation to write a book for kids about urban perception, or how people experience cities, but I kept putting off writing it. Instead I started to write what became The Phantom Tollbooth
morning writing half
I write best in the morning, and I can only write for about half a day, that's about it.
book writing thinking
The only other thing which I think is important is: Don't write a book or start a book with the expectation of communicating a message in a very important way.
reason
But as you know, the most important reason for going from one place to another is to see what's in between.
american-architect books writers written
It was really written as most, I think, books are by writers - for themselves. There was something that just had to be written, in a way that it had to be written. If you know what I mean.
ignorance like-you far-away
Is everyone who lives in Ignorance like you?" asked Milo. "Much worse," he said longingly. "But I don't live here. I'm from a place very far away called Context.
way looks phantom-tollbooth
The way you see things depends a great deal on where you look at them from.
infinity phantom-tollbooth poor
Infinity is a dreadfully poor place. They can never manage to make ends meet.
mistake phantom-tollbooth children-book
You must never feel badly about making mistakes,
phantom-tollbooth
Many of the things which can never be, often are.
sweet memories tears
He paused again as a tear of longing rolled from cheek to lip with the sweet-salty taste of an old memory.
eye phantom-tollbooth noticing
There is much worth noticing that often escapes the eye.
why-not phantom-tollbooth reason
Why not? That's a good reason for almost anything - a bit used perhaps, but still quite serviceable.