Some days you must learn a great deal. But you should also have days when you allow what is already in you to swell up and touch everything. If you never let that happen, then you just accumulate facts, and… — E. L. Konigsburg Copy Share Image
I was born in New York City. But my family moved when I was still an infant. Except for a year and half when… — E. L. Konigsburg Copy Share Image
The essential problems remain the same... The kids I write about are asking for the same things I wanted. They want two contradictory things.… — E. L. Konigsburg Copy Share Image
Every job in the world has some built-in boredom. No man can stay excited about something every minute he is doing it. Routine is… — E. L. Konigsburg Copy Share Image
When I began writing in the mid-1960s, I thought it was not important for readers to know whether I was male or female. Also,… — E. L. Konigsburg Copy Share Image
“Because after a time having a secret and nobody knowing you have a secret is no fun. And although you don't want others to… — E. L. Konigsburg Copy Share Image
But happiness is not always loud and bright and crowded. Happiness ripens like a watermelon, sweet and rosy on the inside with only a… — E. L. Konigsburg Copy Share Image
“Had she been born 500 years sooner, Raphael would have chosen her as a model for his cherubs. Tendrils of bright red hair framed… — E. L. Konigsburg Copy Share Image
When I visit schools and talk to students about writing, I give them one word of advice and I give it to them quickly and loudly-FINISH! Starting something is easier than finishing it. You must have discipline to go from a few sentences, to a few paragraphs, to a piece of writing that has a beginning, a middle, and an… — E. L. Konigsburg Copy Share
Kids want acceptance from their peers, but in two different, opposing ways: They want to be like everyone else and they want to be… — E. L. Konigsburg Copy Share Image
The adventure is over. Everything gets over, and nothing is ever enough. Except the part you carry with you. It's the same as going on a vacation. Some people spend all their time on a vacation taking pictures so that when they get home they can show their friends evidence that they had a good time. They don't pause to… — E. L. Konigsburg Copy Share
