Patricia Reilly Giff Quotes
Anyone who has problems, or worries, anyone who laughs and cries, anyone who feels can write. It's only talking on paper... talking about the things that matter to us.
I loved teaching. It was my world. I only left because I was overwhelmed with three careers - teaching, writing, and my family.
I have no special talent, you know. I never took a writing course before I began to write.
The reasons kids get into trouble in one way or another is because - Who ever told them they were special?
When I sit and talk with a person, I'm not always paying attention. I'm looking at the person and saying, 'What is it about his or her life that appeals to me?
Do you all have a living room floor or a bedroom floor? Then you can write a book.
All of my books are based in some way on my personal experiences, or the experiences of members of my family, or the stories kids would tell me in school.
I cannot outline. I do not know what the next thing is going to happen in the book until it comes out of my fingers.
I myself was terrified during the Second World War. The war started when I was six, and I was so sure that we were going to be bombed and killed. My imagination is my biggest plus and my worst minus.
Many times in my life I've been upset about something and said to myself, "Will this matter in two years?" Not even in two months.
Everything in my life affects my writing. There are no separate parts of my life.
To me, family is everything. I want children to realize how important their families are and what a support system a family is.
Revision is the heart of writing. Every page I do is done over seven or eight times.
I told her that saying goodbye didn't matter, not a bit. What mattered were all the days you were together before that, all the things you remembered.
If someone looks into your eyes, I read in a book one time, he'll see right into your soul. I didn't want anyone to see into my soul.
