Alvin Rosenfeld Quotations

Kids get burned out. The last thing you want to do is to have someone going into high school who is sick and tired of doing so much that they (stop) trying academically.

I think that the culture in the United States is to push people until they drop and now we're doing it to our children.

If the children acquiesce, they may learn to suppress their anger to avoid retribution. But the rage remains inside, often just below the surface.

We see more stomachaches and kids get all kids of fancy workups to see if they have an ulcer.

You need to keep the attachment to provide the safety. But you also need to slowly, as they're ready to accept it, provide the individuality.

This country really is very culturally diverse. Some may say 'diverse' has become a hackneyed word by now, but the fact is that America continues to absorb people from all over the globe. While we hear voices of those who oppose immigration and want to resist further waves of newcomers, I think America is constantly renewed and revitalized by creative minds who arrive here from all over the world. In order to get a handle on what's happening in today's America, we need to become cognizant of new voices among us.

American culture, including its literature, has been enriched over many decades by the work of its immigrant authors.