When people ask me what qualifies me to be a writer for children, I say I was once a child. But I was not only a child, I was, better still, a weird little kid, and though I would never… — Katherine Paterson Copy Share Image
He [an earnest young reporter] seemed to share the view of many intelligent, well-educated, well-meaning people that, while adult literature may aim to be… — Katherine Paterson Copy Share
We do have trouble dealing with death, but it's the one thing that is guaranteed we are all going to have to do, and… — Katherine Paterson Copy Share
Everybody gets scared sometimes, May Belle. You don't have to be ashamed. — Katherine Paterson Copy Share
Obviously, I love to do both contemporary and historical fiction. When a hint of a story grabs me, I try to go with it… — Katherine Paterson Copy Share
I love revisions...We can't go back and revise our lives, but being allowed to go back and revise what we have written comes closest. — Katherine Paterson Copy Share
I woke up one morning and realized that what I wanted to say to everyone - children, young people, adults - was: Read for… — Katherine Paterson Copy Share
Our fundamental task as human beings is to seek out connections-to exercise our imaginations. — Katherine Paterson Copy Share
I do know that I need solitude, not only to write but to nourish myself (being, like most writers, an introvert) so that I… — Katherine Paterson Copy Share
“I had no study in those days, not even a desk or file or bookcase to call mine alone…It might have happened sooner [the… — Katherine Paterson Copy Share
The challenge for those of us who care about our faith and about a hurting world is to tell stories which will carry the… — Katherine Paterson Copy Share
One thing living in Japan did for me was to make me feel that what is left out of a work of art is… — Katherine Paterson Copy Share
“We need a place," she said, "just for us. It would be so secret that we would never tell anyone in the whole world… — Katherine Paterson Copy Share
