I believe without a single shadow of a doubt that it is necessary for young people to learn to make choices. Learning to make right choices is the only way they will survive in an increasingly frightening world. Lois Lowry Read Quote
What comes to me always is a character, a scene, a moment. That’s going to be the beginning. Then, as I write, I begin to perceive an ending. I begin to see a destination, although sometimes that changes. And then, of course, there’s the whole middle section looming. Lois Lowry Read Quote
It’s interesting that so many books now are published as the first in a series. It never occurred to me. Although ‘The Giver’ does have an ambiguous ending. I’ve heard about that from readers over the years. Lois Lowry Read Quote
When you lose a child in an accident as I did, it’s final – you’re not caught in this longing for him, to search for him, knowing he’s out there some place. Lois Lowry Read Quote
There will always be a place for bunnies to talk in rhyme, but that’s not what I do. Lois Lowry Read Quote
If somebody takes the time, a: to read a book that I have written, and then to b: care about it enough to write me and ask questions, surely I owe them a response. Lois Lowry Read Quote
I think I’ve written 40 books, and none of them have been heavy on action. I’m an introspective person. Lois Lowry Read Quote
I’m not terribly conversant with children’s literature in general. I tend to read books for adults, being an adult. Lois Lowry Read Quote
I tend not to think about audience when I’m writing. Many people who read ‘The Giver’ now have their own kids who are reading it. Even from the beginning, the book attracted an audience beyond a child audience. Lois Lowry Read Quote
