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And I was the only black kid in my school for almost all of my childhood, until I was a teenager. So imagine, if you will, being 6 feet tall by third grade, so essentially being a living maypole Picture Quote #1

My parents really instilled this idea in me of being your own person, almost to the extent that I couldn’t do wrong. I’d get a bad grade and they’d be like, No! What you did was great! Picture Quote #1

In fourth grade I had a high school reading level, but I didn’t want to go to school and I didn’t feel I belonged there Picture Quote #1

I’m blessed because I had my mom as a teacher - sixth through eighth grade - and she is one of the best teachers I’ve ever had Picture Quote #1

You teach someone about fallopian tubes in grade school, and you revisit it again in seventh grade for a better understanding of that stuff. I think it’s never-ending. I don’t know why it isn’t all the time Picture Quote #1

Once I started first grade, I started going to Emmanuel Baptist Church regularly. I went to Sunday school. We had Bible readings and things like that Picture Quote #1

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My favorite book is ‘Go Away Big Green Monster.’ I wrote it for my granddaughter Adrian, who was in the third grade at the time Picture Quote #1

I had been writing poems and stories since I learned to make letters. I had placed poems in a hardcover anthology at the age of 6. And I knew more big words than anyone else in the 10th grade Picture Quote #1

I’ve been writing plays since the third grade. The biggest difference now is that professionals act in them rather than eight year olds...and the language is a bit more colorful Picture Quote #1

I failed first grade, which is my biggest problem. You always feel like a failure, like you’re stupid Picture Quote #1

I was first influenced by a friend in fifth grade when he brought a Walkman to school and was listening to ‘Paradise City’ by Guns ‘N Roses, which he had concealed within his hoodie. He put the headphones over my ears and I was completely blown away by what I heard. I’ll never forget that Picture Quote #1

All the other kids in ninth grade were drawing hot rods and cocker spaniels and getting blue ribbons in art class. I was getting rejection slips from the ‘Saturday Evening Post.’ Picture Quote #1

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Growing up in Augusta in such a protected and loving community is something that I really enjoy talking about. I love talking about - even though I grew up, of course, in the time of segregated schools: Brown vs. Board of Education came along after I was already in first grade Picture Quote #1

This was shaping up to be the worst conference call of my life, even worse than that time I accidentally clogged the school toilet back in the first grade with my Boba Fett figure (I was pretending it was the Sarlaac pit) Picture Quote #1

$Diagnosed incidentally with stage IV, grade 4 metastatic renal cell carcinoma, I had bone metastases in my femur (which eventually fractured), ulna, and cranium; five metastases in my lungs; and muscle metastases in my thigh and tongue. Yet six months after diagnosis, my treatment ended: I’ve not had a drop of anything since Picture Quote #1$

At 49, I find it a little bit difficult to run these days. I’ve got grade four tears in both Achilles, shin splints, I got no cartilage the toes in my right foot, I’ve got bone marrow edemas under both knees, I’ve got one degenerating hip - that’s the problem you get Picture Quote #1

I didn’t write anything at all except book reports until I was in seventh grade, and then I wrote mostly poetry for myself Picture Quote #1

Accolades and lists may tell us about accomplishments, but life is meant to be experienced, not just accomplished. It’s like the difference between reading books for the sake of reading and reading books just to get a good grade Picture Quote #1

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I’m usually working either on a picture book and a young adult book, or a middle grade book and a young adult book. When I get bored with one, I move to the other, and then I go back Picture Quote #1

I have a completely worthless degree: a BS in Photojournalism from Boston University (BU). With this degree, I suppose I could have gotten a job teaching grade school kids how to photograph their relatives, but knowing about B Picture Quote #1

My worst hairstyle was a bowl cut parted down the middle. It was the 90s. It was what you did. I had that from 4th grade until freshman year in high school. I’m glad the pictures exist. I had great hair back then Picture Quote #1

I wrote my first novel in eighth grade for a boy named Kenny on whom I had an unrequited crush and who sat behind me in social studies Picture Quote #1

In seventh grade, with some vague sense that I wanted to be a writer, I crouched in the junior high school library stacks to see where my novels would eventually be filed. It was right after someone named Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. So I grabbed a Vonnegut book, ‘Breakfast of Champions’ and immediately fell in love Picture Quote #1

We broke up in eighth grade when Tara-Mae Forrester offered to let me touch her boobs. And I did Picture Quote #1

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I have six brothers and one sister, and I was an ice hockey player when I was younger. I think my dad thought I was going to be in the women’s league for ice hockey. But, I totally fell in love with drama in grade school, and I asked my mom if I could get involved with it Picture Quote #1

I honestly don’t have a lot of friends that are actors. Most of my friends I’ve known since sixth grade and are out of the industry. It gives me a sense of reality rather than surrounding myself with a bunch of actors Picture Quote #1

Directing your first film is like showing up to the field trip in seventh grade, getting on the bus, and making an announcement, ‘So today I’m driving the bus.’ And everybody’s like, ‘What?’ And you’re like, ‘I’m gonna drive the bus.’ And they’re like, ‘But you don’t know how to drive the bus.’ Picture Quote #1

I was a good student. By 8th grade, you’ve basically learned everything. By senior year, we was drinking, we was kickin’ it, we was rapping. It wasn’t really like business, hard work Picture Quote #1

I walked to Seward School first through fourth grade. It’s just amazing to me now that we’d walk down 10th Avenue on Capitol Hill Picture Quote #1

I was raised a Catholic on both sides of the family. I went to a Catholic grade school and thought everybody in the country was Catholic, because that’s all I ever was associated with Picture Quote #1

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And I was the only black kid in my school for almost all of my childhood, until I was a teenager. So imagine, if you will, being 6 feet tall by third grade, so essentially being a living maypole. (Grade Quotes) My parents really instilled this idea in me of being your own person, almost to the extent that I couldn’t do wrong. I’d get a bad grade and they’d be like, No! What you did was great! (Grade Quotes) In fourth grade I had a high school reading level, but I didn’t want to go to school and I didn’t feel I belonged there. (Grade Quotes) I’m blessed because I had my mom as a teacher - sixth through eighth grade - and she is one of the best teachers I’ve ever had. (Grade Quotes) You teach someone about fallopian tubes in grade school, and you revisit it again in seventh grade for a better understanding of that stuff. I think it’s never-ending. I don’t know why it isn’t all the time. (Grade Quotes) Once I started first grade, I started going to Emmanuel Baptist Church regularly. I went to Sunday school. We had Bible readings and things like that. (Grade Quotes) My favorite book is ‘Go Away Big Green Monster.’ I wrote it for my granddaughter Adrian, who was in the third grade at the time. (Grade Quotes) I had been writing poems and stories since I learned to make letters. I had placed poems in a hardcover anthology at the age of 6. And I knew more big words than anyone else in the 10th grade. (Grade Quotes) I’ve been writing plays since the third grade. The biggest difference now is that professionals act in them rather than eight year olds...and the language is a bit more colorful. (Grade Quotes) I failed first grade, which is my biggest problem. You always feel like a failure, like you’re stupid. (Grade Quotes) I was first influenced by a friend in fifth grade when he brought a Walkman to school and was listening to ‘Paradise City’ by Guns ‘N Roses, which he had concealed within his hoodie. He put the headphones over my ears and I was completely blown away by what I heard. I’ll never forget that. (Grade Quotes) All the other kids in ninth grade were drawing hot rods and cocker spaniels and getting blue ribbons in art class. I was getting rejection slips from the ‘Saturday Evening Post.’ (Grade Quotes) Growing up in Augusta in such a protected and loving community is something that I really enjoy talking about. I love talking about - even though I grew up, of course, in the time of segregated schools: Brown vs. Board of Education came along after I was already in first grade. (Grade Quotes) This was shaping up to be the worst conference call of my life, even worse than that time I accidentally clogged the school toilet back in the first grade with my Boba Fett figure (I was pretending it was the Sarlaac pit). (Grade Quotes) Diagnosed incidentally with stage IV, grade 4 metastatic renal cell carcinoma, I had bone metastases in my femur (which eventually fractured), ulna, and cranium; five metastases in my lungs; and muscle metastases in my thigh and tongue. Yet six months after diagnosis, my treatment ended: I’ve not had a drop of anything since. (Grade Quotes) At 49, I find it a little bit difficult to run these days. I’ve got grade four tears in both Achilles, shin splints, I got no cartilage the toes in my right foot, I’ve got bone marrow edemas under both knees, I’ve got one degenerating hip - that’s the problem you get. (Grade Quotes) I didn’t write anything at all except book reports until I was in seventh grade, and then I wrote mostly poetry for myself. (Grade Quotes) Accolades and lists may tell us about accomplishments, but life is meant to be experienced, not just accomplished. It’s like the difference between reading books for the sake of reading and reading books just to get a good grade. (Grade Quotes) I’m usually working either on a picture book and a young adult book, or a middle grade book and a young adult book. When I get bored with one, I move to the other, and then I go back. (Grade Quotes) I have a completely worthless degree: a BS in Photojournalism from Boston University (BU). With this degree, I suppose I could have gotten a job teaching grade school kids how to photograph their relatives, but knowing about B (Grade Quotes) My worst hairstyle was a bowl cut parted down the middle. It was the 90s. It was what you did. I had that from 4th grade until freshman year in high school. I’m glad the pictures exist. I had great hair back then. (Grade Quotes) I wrote my first novel in eighth grade for a boy named Kenny on whom I had an unrequited crush and who sat behind me in social studies. (Grade Quotes) In seventh grade, with some vague sense that I wanted to be a writer, I crouched in the junior high school library stacks to see where my novels would eventually be filed. It was right after someone named Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. So I grabbed a Vonnegut book, ‘Breakfast of Champions’ and immediately fell in love. (Grade Quotes) We broke up in eighth grade when Tara-Mae Forrester offered to let me touch her boobs. And I did. (Grade Quotes) I have six brothers and one sister, and I was an ice hockey player when I was younger. I think my dad thought I was going to be in the women’s league for ice hockey. But, I totally fell in love with drama in grade school, and I asked my mom if I could get involved with it. (Grade Quotes) I honestly don’t have a lot of friends that are actors. Most of my friends I’ve known since sixth grade and are out of the industry. It gives me a sense of reality rather than surrounding myself with a bunch of actors. (Grade Quotes) Directing your first film is like showing up to the field trip in seventh grade, getting on the bus, and making an announcement, ‘So today I’m driving the bus.’ And everybody’s like, ‘What?’ And you’re like, ‘I’m gonna drive the bus.’ And they’re like, ‘But you don’t know how to drive the bus.’ (Grade Quotes) I was a good student. By 8th grade, you’ve basically learned everything. By senior year, we was drinking, we was kickin’ it, we was rapping. It wasn’t really like business, hard work. (Grade Quotes) I walked to Seward School first through fourth grade. It’s just amazing to me now that we’d walk down 10th Avenue on Capitol Hill. (Grade Quotes) I was raised a Catholic on both sides of the family. I went to a Catholic grade school and thought everybody in the country was Catholic, because that’s all I ever was associated with. (Grade Quotes)

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