Do you all have a living room floor or a bedroom floor? Then you can write a book. Patricia Reilly Giff Read Quote
What inspired me to become an author? I think it was the snow in New York. I looked out the window and I said, ‘Well, I have to get dressed every morning to go to teach, but if I write a book, I can stay home in my bathrobe, eat candy corn.’ Patricia Reilly Giff Read Quote
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. Patricia Reilly Giff Read Quote
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?’ Patricia Reilly Giff Read Quote
If you have a friend, things are better than if you didn’t have a friend. Patricia Reilly Giff Read Quote
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. Patricia Reilly Giff Read Quote
The reasons kids get into trouble in one way or another is because – Who ever told them they were special? Patricia Reilly Giff Read Quote
I loved teaching. It was my world. I only left because I was overwhelmed with three careers – teaching, writing, and my family. Patricia Reilly Giff Read Quote
I have no special talent, you know. I never took a writing course before I began to write. Patricia Reilly Giff Read Quote
