Misfortune and Fortune are eerily similar, but Fortune is a better dresser and more fun at parties. Janette Rallison More Quotes by Janette Rallison More Quotes From Janette Rallison Like Robin Hood....Not real, but true. Janette Rallison robin-hood real robins Yesterday you asked me what the purpose of life is. I've thought about that ever since. I think it's to do good no matter what life throws at you, to not let the pain turn you bitter. It's something we have to learn, something we have to make ourselves become...Little kids don't have to learn it. They already know. Janette Rallison pain kids thinking Guys can smell desperation. It triggers an instinct in them to run far and fast so they aren't around when a woman starts peeling apart her heart. Janette Rallison smell heart running Courage is a fickle creature. Just as you need it, it often makes excuses and rushes out of the room. Janette Rallison fickle rooms needs Perhaps I wasn't going crazy after all. Perhaps I was just becoming a writer. Janette Rallison going-crazy becoming crazy It's not like most people read anymore. Well, not unless the book has a wizard school or a hot vampire. And, as a Kari Kngsley expert, I'm absolutely certain your life has neither of those things. Janette Rallison book people school I suppose you could pass for a starlet. You do have that femme fatale air about you. Like you crush boys’ dreams in your spare time. Janette Rallison crush dream boys That's the magic of books. They're never quite the same for any two people. When you read one, you automatically make it your own. Janette Rallison two book people The only things you can truly love after such a short time are ice cream flavors and comfortable shoes. Janette Rallison flavor ice-cream shoes Don't just read words,' he would tell her as he held up the latest story, 'devour them. Let the words create new worlds. Janette Rallison new-world stories world Well you can't believe everything you read. After all, by definition, fiction writers lie for a living. Janette Rallison believe lying fiction As if finding a guy to solve your problems isn't a contradiction of terms. Janette Rallison contradiction guy problem "Women," he said in disgust. I wasn't sure whether we was referring to me or nuns. Janette Rallison nun disgusting said I bet you Cinderella didn't get along with Prince Charming's friends. Oh sure, the knights and barons probably put up with her on account that she was pretty and had such dainty feet and all, but you should know every duchess and contess in the kingdom hated her guts. Janette Rallison knights kingdoms feet Madame Bellwings, Memoir Elf Coordinator, was not at all pleased with this request, because elves who write the memoirs of teenage girls have the habit of returning to the magical realm with atrocious grammar. They can't seem to shake the phrases "watever" and "no way," and they insert the word like into so many sentences that the other elves start slapping them...and for no apparent reason occasionally call out the name Edward Cullen. Janette Rallison teenage girl writing 'My Fair Godmother's' movie rights sold to the producer who did 'Freaky Friday,' 'Princess Diaries,' and one of my favorite movies - 'Sky High.' Janette Rallison movies princess friday sky When I became a mother, there was no doubt in my mind that it would be the most vital and important job I would ever have because I knew firsthand what it was like not to have a mother. Janette Rallison job important mother mind It's fun to twist fairy tales, but at the same time, I know I need to write stories that are different enough from each other that fans don't feel like they're just reading the same story over and over again. Janette Rallison feel reading time fun It depends on the book and what else is going on during my life, but it usually takes me about six months to write and revise the first draft. Janette Rallison my-life me life book Reading makes you smarter. It really does. Janette Rallison does you smarter reading