As a writer, I’m convinced that encouraging children to write fiction, to hook into that marvelous machine called the imagination, has to be good for everyone. Rodman Philbrick Read Quote
I was never forced to write. At least, I was never forced or even encouraged to write fiction. Creative writing wasn’t in the curriculum at my school when I was in sixth grade. Rodman Philbrick Read Quote
Soon after publishing a book for kids, my mailbox began to fill with letters from children all across America. Not because my novels for young readers are bestsellers – they’re not by a long shot – but because today’s kids love to write to authors. Rodman Philbrick Read Quote
There is no greater compliment for a writer than to have pleased a troubled child. Rodman Philbrick Read Quote
What surprised me most about the Donner tragedy was that, given the terrible circumstances, how anyone survived at all. Rodman Philbrick Read Quote
You can’t mess around with young readers – you have to cut straight to the heart of the story. The character can be complex, the plot can have some surprises, but the emotions have to be clear. Rodman Philbrick Read Quote
I assumed ‘Freak the Mighty’ was probably too weird and melodramatic to find a publisher. I certainly never expected the book to have a profound influence on my career as a writer, but indeed it has. Rodman Philbrick Read Quote
My parents were avid readers. Both had ambitions to write that had been abandoned early in life in order to get on with life. Rodman Philbrick Read Quote
Unfortunately, the author of a book pretty much gives up control of the story when the producers take over a book to make it into a movie. Rodman Philbrick Read Quote
