“Just kidding' was exactly what people wrote when they meant every word.”

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British writer 1966

Lilith Saintcrow (1976) American writer

Source: Jealousy

“By the way, for the kids at home, Santa just is white, but this person is arguing that maybe we should also have a black Santa. Santa is what he is, and just so you know, we're just debating this because someone wrote about it, kids.”

Megyn Kelly (1970) American reporter

“Some parents just work at…I don't know…Microscoft (She mispronounced the word. She meant Microsoft) and just sit there at a desk and their kids have to sit at a desk, too and…I don't know!”

Rachel Trachtenburg (1993) American musician

Rachel on how different her and her parents' lifestyle is compared to other parents and their children.
Off & On Broadway documentary (2006)

“Most of the world's problems could be avoided if people just said what they meant.”

Marilyn Manson (1969) American rock musician and actor

Source: The Long Hard Road Out of Hell

“I can tell you I wrote every single word in this [her first children's] book -- in English and Spanish. I've been writing poetry and stories since I was a kid. And I am a songwriter. But you have limitations when you are a songwriter.... It was really a luxury to have 31 pages to expound upon.”

Gloria Estefan (1957) Cuban-American singer-songwriter, actress and divorciada

The Chicago Tribune (October 16, 2005)
2007, 2008

“The truths are universal: Every kid knows fear. Every kid knows family and friendship. Loss, love, laughter. Everything else is just detail.”

Jason Reynolds (1983) author of young adult novels

As quoted in[Rockey Fleming, Alexandra, Meet the Inspiring Author Who Writes Books He Wanted to Read Growing Up: 'Every Kid Knows Fear', https://people.com/human-interest/jason-reynolds-author-long-way-down/, People, 10 March 2020, October 24, 2017]

“What is the point of relaying every word when the words become the crime of friendship.”

Lorin Morgan-Richards (1975) American poet, cartoonist, and children's writer

Excerpt from the poem Someone Else's Mug in the book Dark Letter Days: Collected Works (2016) by Lorin Morgan-Richards.

“I have always considered myself, when I learned what the word meant, I've always considered myself a Pagan.”

Timothy Leary (1920–1996) American psychologist

At the Neo-Pagan Starwood Festival (July 1991), recorded on Timothy Leary Live at Starwood (2001) http://www.freetimes.com/story/3493 by the Association for Consciousness Exploration ISBN 1-59157-002-6

“But that was just it - hate was exactly the right word. Hate is a force of attraction. Hate is just love with its back turned.”

Terry Pratchett book Maskerade

Source: Maskerade

“I have always loved playing around with words. I didn’t know it was called poetry. I was just an innocent kid messing around with words when an adult said ‘You’re a poet, be published or be damned’.”

Benjamin Zephaniah (1958) English poet and author

On the realization that he was a poet in “Interview with Benjamin Zephaniah” https://www.writersandartists.co.uk/writers/advice/37/a-writers-toolkit/interviews-with-authors/interview-with-benjamin-zephaniah in Writers & Artists

“Just kidding' was exactly what people wrote when they meant every word.”

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