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Isn't that interesting. All the book clubs. I've never belonged to one.
My kids both had acne, and I never saw a book dealing with the subject.
I do quite a bit of traveling. But sometimes I just want to stay at home!
I was a fearful kid and, for some crazy reason, a pretty fearless writer.
I fell in love with books at the Elizabeth Public Library when I was four.
I can't see an autobiography in my future. But who knows what might happen.
[Writing] totally changed my life. It gave me my life. Everything opened up.
[ Adult novels] was the world of grownups. There was nothing about teenagers.
Do not let anyone discourage you. If they try: get determined, not depressed.
I wasn't interested in the kinds of books that I thought I should be reading.
"Margaret" was just my truth. It was what I knew to be true about sixth grade.
When [books ban] happened, I felt completely alone and that was scary and sad.
Telling kids the truth isn't always entirely possible, but talking to them is.
How we handle our fears will determine where we go with the rest of our lives.
Ideas come from everywhere - they come from what you see and hear and imagine.
I don't necessarily want to talk about a book that I read. Even when I love it.
We're supposed to be uncomfortable when we read something. That's how we learn.
You think everything can be magically cured with vitamins?” “Everything but us.
Something will be offensive to someone in every book, so you've got to fight it.
I am very sentimental, very emotional, but never in my writing; I am very tough.
It's not so much that I like him as a person God, but as a boy he's very handsome.
The creative process; I enjoy thinking up the stories and situations for my books.
I'm a people person. I never get tired of watching people, especially young people.
Librarians save lives by handing the right book at the right time to a kid in need.
I'm an optimistic person, so I like to leave my readers with a sense of hopefulness.
I dread first drafts! I worry each day that it won't come, that nothing will happen.
My only advice is to stay aware, listen carefully, and yell for help if you need it.
I wanted to write honest books for kids because I didn't have those when I was a kid.
That's my anxiety dream. I go to the library and all the books on my subject are out.
When I'm writing, I'm never trying to teach anything - maybe I'm trying to illuminate.
I think people who write for kids, we have that ability to go back into our own lives.
What's the point of thinking about how it's going to end when it's just the beginning?
I am such a rewriter; I have so many notebooks filled with drafts you wouldn't believe.
Some characters become your friends for life. That's how it was for me with Betsy-Tacy.
When you ask, did writing change my life? It totally changed my life. It gave me my life.
I'm lucky that so many children visit my website. At least I get to talk with them that way.
I do believe that people who write for children are deeply connected to their own childhood.
Another thing all writers have in common is we're all observers. We pay attention to detail.
Things change…things happen…things you can’t even imagine when you’re young and full of hope.
If only there was a vaccine to protect against breast cancer, we'd be lining up - wouldn't we?
By the time I was 12, I was reading my parents' books because there weren't teenage books then.
It's not just the books under fire now that worry me. It is the books that will never be written.
I am certainly a fearful person, but fearless in my writing. So there's that other person inside.
I'm very good at setting goals and deadlines for myself, so I don't really need that from outside.
It's strange, but when it comes right down to it I never do fall apart--even when I'm sure I will.
Anybody who says, 'My childhood was completely happy,' is a person who isn't remembering the truth.
When I was young, my parents had a library in our living room. I was always free to browse and read.
I'm an e-mail junkie though I'm trying to read my in-box only twice a day and to answer all at once.
She wondered if all the firsts in her life would go by so quickly, and be forgotten just as quickly.
You know what I worry about? I worry that kids today don't have enough time to just sit and daydream.