I had to write something and couldn’t think of a plot, so I decided to write a Cinderella story because it already had a plot! Then, when I thought about Cinderella’s character, I realized that she was too much of a goody-two-shoes for me, and I would hate her before I finished ten pages. Gail Carson Levine Read Quote
EIla Enchanted’ began in a marvelous writing course at New York City’s The New School. Gail Carson Levine Read Quote
I have a very vivid memory of the way my parents spoke, and the 50’s that I grew up in are closer to the 20’s, I think, than today in many, many ways. Gail Carson Levine Read Quote
Contemporary fiction is the hardest for me because I am not really in the popular culture – I don’t watch TV. Gail Carson Levine Read Quote
I found that I was much more interested in writing and that I didn’t like the illustrating at all. I had always been the hardest on myself when I drew and painted. I am not hard on myself when I write. I like what I write, so it is a much happier process. Gail Carson Levine Read Quote
I wrote as a kid, but I never wanted to be a writer, particularly. I had been drawing and painting for years and loved that. Gail Carson Levine Read Quote
Encourage children to write their own stories, and then don’t rain on their parade. Don’t say, ‘That’s not true.’ Applaud flights of fantasy. Help with spelling and grammar, but stand up and cheer the use of imagination. Gail Carson Levine Read Quote
Most of my job life has had to do with welfare, first helping people find work and then as an administrator. The earlier experience was more direct and satisfying, and I enjoy thinking that a bunch of people somewhere are doing better today than they might have done if not for me. Gail Carson Levine Read Quote
I didn’t want to be a writer. First I wanted to act, and then I wanted to be a painter like my big sister. Gail Carson Levine Read Quote
