The one thing that makes writing a better pastime than reading is that you can make things turn out the way you want in the end! Geraldine McCaughrean Read Quote
I still keep thinking someone will penetrate my guilty secret – that I have been masquerading as a writer all these years while all I was really doing was enjoying myself, pursuing my passion. Geraldine McCaughrean Read Quote
I had a very happy childhood, but I still used my imagination as a leisure resort. Geraldine McCaughrean Read Quote
I always thought writer’s block was something that prats used as an easy excuse for not doing any work. Geraldine McCaughrean Read Quote
You sort of suspect if a book’s fun to write, it will be fun to read. Geraldine McCaughrean Read Quote
My brother, whom I adored, typed out a children’s book illustrated by himself… at the age of 14. My sister, with whom I always shared a double bed, had that effortless superiority of someone six years older and anxious to show it. But we were each as shy as voles. It seemed safer to keep to each other’s company. Geraldine McCaughrean Read Quote
I read hugely as a child, but I slowed up when the print got smaller. I am a very slow reader. I don’t know why. Maybe it is like some people chewing their food for ages and some wolfing it down. Geraldine McCaughrean Read Quote
Well, unfortunately, my father passed away before my first book was published, so he never lived to see me as an author. But I think my mum was suitably pleased because she was mad about words. If she ever came across a word that she didn’t know, she would always look it up in the dictionary. Geraldine McCaughrean Read Quote
The chief thing is to make children feel good about themselves. They want to step into the shoes of a hero who is bigger and stronger, to face tremendous dangers and come home safely for tea. Geraldine McCaughrean Read Quote
You need to be able to climb into a narrative and zip it up under your chin. You need to be able to see through the eyes of the hero, smell what he’s smelling, hear what he’s hearing. Geraldine McCaughrean Read Quote
