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I think we have a real obligation when we do have animals in captivity to understand their needs and to care for them as well as we can. - K. A. Applegate
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I think all writers write from the time they're really young, and you just start asking the question, 'What if?' - K. A. Applegate
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I tend to write short, brief snippets - I lean toward the chamber music end as opposed to the symphony end of things. - K. A. Applegate
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Gorillas may seem terrifying because of their bodies, but they are really magnificent and very gentle. - K. A. Applegate
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I've got to believe I'm the first person to win the Newbery who has written a Harlequin romance! - K. A. Applegate
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I really love writing, but I am very easily distracted: my two cats fighting, a rainbow, a TV show... I have to use every trick to keep myself at the computer. - K. A. Applegate
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I live in a high-rise apartment building, so I just have two cats. They're both pound kitties. One of them, Dick, is an evil, foot-biting cat. When I write a tiger morph, I'm always imagining Dick. - K. A. Applegate
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I was sure I wanted to grow up to be either a veterinarian or a writer. In fact, I worked for a vet during high school, doing everything from cleaning cages to assisting in surgery. - K. A. Applegate
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I grew up with a menagerie of dogs, cats, gerbils - not to mention three younger siblings. - K. A. Applegate
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At the end of the day, I'd love to see children stop begging their parents to go to the circus. That's what would make me most happy. - K. A. Applegate
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When I was a child, going to a circus with wild animal acts was a rite of passage. These days, it's an act of complicit cruelty. - K. A. Applegate
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Stan is a rescue Chihuahua mix. He was the role model for Bob, the dog in 'Ivan.' The drawings in the book look precisely like Stan. - K. A. Applegate
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Hunger and homelessness aren't things we always want to talk about. - K. A. Applegate
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I hate to witness animals in captivity - or see circus elephants paraded down the streets. When animals are caged, it's a loss of what they are. - K. A. Applegate
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That penetrating gaze, that intelligence; it's hard not to be anthropomorphic when you're looking at a great ape - at any primate - but especially with gorillas. They're just so magnificent. - K. A. Applegate
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One of my first paid gigs was writing psychology quizzes for 'YM,' a monthly teen magazine like 'Seventeen.' - K. A. Applegate
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#Magazine
#Paid
#Teen
#Writing
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