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Inspirational Quotes by Avi (Edward Irving Wortis) (American Author)

Inspirational Quotations by Avi (Edward Irving Wortis) (American Author)

Edward Irving Wortis (b.1937,) pen name Avi, is an American author of young adult and children’s literature.

Born in Brooklyn, New York City, Avi worked as a librarian for many years and started writing for young people when he had his children. His more than seventy books span the range from picture books to teen fiction.

Avi won the Newbery Honor for his adventure novel The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle (1990) about a teenage girl crossing the Atlantic in the 19th century. He received the award again for Nothing but the Truth (1992,) and won a Newbery Medal for his Crispin: The Cross of Lead (2003,) the first novel in the historical Crispin trilogy. A collection of short stories, The Most Important Thing: Stories about Sons, Fathers, and Grandfathers appeared in 2016.

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Inspirational Quotes by Avi (Edward Irving Wortis) (American Author)

I enjoy writing and it is hard. But then it is hard for everyone to write well. I have to rewrite over and over again so that on average it takes me a year to write a book.
—Avi (Edward Irving Wortis)

A sailor chooses the wind that takes the ship from a safe port. Ah, yes, but once you’re abroad, as you have seen, winds have a mind of their own. Be careful of the wind you choose.
—Avi (Edward Irving Wortis)

I think you become a writer when you stop writing for yourself or your teachers and start thinking about readers. I made up my mind to do that when I was a high school senior.
—Avi (Edward Irving Wortis)

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