| FEATURE AUTHOR | and I think it’s so important travel with your kids, no matter how old they are. They need to get out and see that this world is so vast and diverse, and it’s much more personal when they experience it for themselves as opposed to reading about it or seeing in on television. Uncaged: Past or present, which authors would you love to sit and have lunch with and why? I’d love to sit down with Mark Twain. Whenever I have to do a quote search, I always run across a quote or two from Twain. They’re so funny and full of truth at the same time, I can’t even imagine what it’d be like to have a conversation with him. Here are a few of my favorite Mark Twain quotes:
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- “When we remember we are all mad, the mysteries disappear and life stands explained.” - “Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience.” - “Optimist: day dreamer more elegantly spelled.” Uncaged: Have any of your characters ever done something that you didn’t intend when you began? I’m not sure I’ve written a book where at least one of them didn’t. Years ago, it’d bother me, and I’d argue with them, “That’s not in the plot. Stop it right now,” or maybe, “You’re messing up my outline.” Eventually, they got what they wanted though, and I learned to just go with it. Now when it happens, I nod and say, “Okay.
