The average attention span of the modern human being is about half as long as whatever you’re trying to tell them. Meg Rosoff Read Quote
Nowadays, I only review books I really like. It’s cowardly, I know, but I figure it’s not my job to make people unhappy. I’ll leave that to the professionals. Meg Rosoff Read Quote
It’s hard recommending books for kids, and a huge responsibility. If you get it wrong, they don’t tell you they hate that particular book, they tell you they hate reading. Meg Rosoff Read Quote
I’m constantly snatching my books out of the hands of precocious ten-year-olds who are simply too young to read them, despite parents insisting that dear Octavia has a reading age of 28. I remember trying to read ‘In Cold Blood’ at the age of twelve, and realising that just because you can read book doesn’t mean you should. Meg Rosoff Read Quote
In my experience, adults rarely bother reading the reviews of children’s books and almost never read the books themselves – particularly if they don’t have children. Meg Rosoff Read Quote
While working in advertising, I channelled my creative energy into elaborate escape fantasies: cake making, dog breeding, the Peace Corps. Meg Rosoff Read Quote
I know from experience that careers do not always arise from a deep sense of destiny. Meg Rosoff Read Quote
The truth about love is that you don’t always fall in love with whom you are supposed to fall in love with. Love just hits you. It is a transcendent thing. Sometimes it is your best friend’s husband and sometimes it’s your father. It’s weird. But that’s a fact of life. Meg Rosoff Read Quote
One of the more interesting things I’ve learnt since becoming a writer is that if you like the book, you’ll generally like the person. It doesn’t always work in reverse – there are huge numbers of lovely people out there writing not very good books. Meg Rosoff Read Quote
