I think if a book has the power to move a reader, it also has the power to offend a reader. And you want your books to have power, so you just have to take what comes with that. Katherine Paterson Read Quote
It is always sad to write about prejudice, but sometimes when we see it being played out in the lives of fictional characters, we can recognize it in our own lives. Katherine Paterson Read Quote
I love writing for young adults because they are such a wonderful audience, they are good readers, and they care about the books they read. Katherine Paterson Read Quote
The problem with people who are afraid of imagination, of fantasy, is that their world becomes so narrow that I don’t see how they can imagine beyond what their senses can verify. We know from science that there are entire worlds that our senses can’t verify. Katherine Paterson Read Quote