Early in my career, I decided not to do sequels. I know that children enjoy them, but I valued the feeling that this was the only time I would write about these characters. I felt it gave me an added… — Betsy Byars Copy Share Image
My husband has some very interesting hobbies, and through him, I've learned to fly and earned my pilot's license. Together, we fly all over the United States. Since our children are all grown now, we also travel a great deal… — Betsy Byars Copy Share Image
For me, reading books and writing them are tied together. The words of other writers teach me and refresh me and inspire me. — Betsy Byars Copy Share Image
“I usually get the title for a book first, and I type it up immediately. I sit there and look at it and admire… — Betsy Byars Copy Share Image
Early in my career, I decided not to do sequels. I know that children enjoy them, but I valued the feeling that this was… — Betsy Byars Copy Share Image
My own hobbies are rather quiet. I like to read and do needlework, and I love animals. — Betsy Byars Copy Share Image
the real reason I had wanted to grow up, the main reason I had been willing to even consider becoming an adult, was so… — Betsy Byars Copy Share Image
Writing is like anything - baseball playing, piano playing, sewing, hammering nails. The more you work on it, the better you get. But it… — Betsy Byars Copy Share Image
When I type a title page, I hold it and I look at it and I think, I just need four thousand sentences to… — Betsy Byars Copy Share Image
“I stood right in this house, in that room," Aunt Willie interrupted. She pointed toward the front bedroom. "And I promised your mother, Sara,… — Betsy Byars Copy Share Image
“That was the trouble with life—it never quite fulfilled its promises.” — Betsy Byars Copy Share Image
“I have cried over myself a hundred times this summer, she thought, I have wept over my big feet and my skinny legs and… — Betsy Byars Copy Share Image
I think how you look is the most important thing in the world. If you look cute, you are cute; if you look smart,… — Betsy Byars Copy Share Image
