Laurie Halse Anderson Quotes

I think I'm a big kid at heart, so I get very excited around the holidays.

For a writer, capturing that elusive Christmas morning magic can be deeply problematic.

There seems a magic in the very name of Christmas.

I love everything about the Christmas season.

Its Christmas Eve! Its the one night of the year when we all act a little nicer, we smile a little easier, we cheer a little more. For a couple of hours out of the whole year, we are the people that we always hoped we would be.

Every day can be like Christmas in its love and its peace if our hearts open up and make room for love. The holy child is waiting to be born in every instant, not just once a year.

Christmas is sights, especially the sights of Christmas reflected in the eyes of a child.

Fine old Christmas, with the snowy hair and ruddy face, had done his duty that year in the noblest fashion, and had set off his rich gifts of warmth and color with all the heightening contrast of frost and snow.

Our many different cultures notwithstanding, there's something about the holidays that makes the planet communal. Even nations that do not celebrate Christmas can't help but be caught up in the collective spirit of their neighbors, as twinkling lights dot the landscape and carols fill the air. It's an inspiring time of the year.

I love Christmas, not just because of the presents but because of all the decorations and lights and the warmth of the season.

A lovely thing about Christmas is that it's compulsory, like a thunderstorm, and we all go through it together.

Children are amazing, and while I go to places like Princeton and Harvard and Yale, and of course I teach at Columbia, NYU, and that's nice and I love students, but the most fun of all are the real little ones, the young ones.

Next to a circus there ain't nothing that packs up and tears out faster than the Christmas spirit.

I love the excess of Christmas. The shopping season that begins in September, the bad pop star recordings of Christmas carols, the decorations that don't know when to come down.

I've always loved Christmas and that's not really gone away from me from being a child to now. It's always a magical time and I'm unashamed in my love for Christmas.

It always depresses me when people moan about how commercial Christmas is. I love everything about it. The tradition of having this great big feast, slap bang in the middle of winter, is an essential thing to look forward to at the end of the year.

My Christmases have always just been very simple and about family.

Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful.

Christmas is a great time to recommit to each other and our communities.

Being with the family, running downstairs and opening presents, it was always fun with my brothers.

I love holidaying with the kids after working hard, it is amazing.

We're the house that's playing Christmas music by November 1.

What makes 'A Christmas Story' universal, whether you celebrate Christmas or not, is that you recognize that family... It's ultimately about a family being glued together for the holiday season.

I'm really excited about 'Mingle All the Way'. Obviously I love Christmas, I love Christmas music, and the idea of becoming part of someone's positive memories from Christmas because they watch the movie -- I think that's the greatest thing.

I don't like to see Christmas trees torn down.