“You never know ahead of time what something is really going to be like.” — Katherine Paterson Copy Share Image
You never know ahead of time what something's really going to be like. — Katherine Paterson Copy Share Image
“But then, oh, my blessed, he smiled. I guess from that moment I knew I was going to marry Joseph Wojtkiewicz--God, pope,… — Katherine Paterson Copy Share Image
All of us use art and literature as an escape from time to time, but if it's any good, it has a… — Katherine Paterson Copy Share Image
“I had it figured out that the reason God made February short a few days was because he knew that by the… — Katherine Paterson Copy Share Image
We humans have had from time unknown the compulsion to name things and thus to be able to deal with them. The… — Katherine Paterson Copy Share Image
“The very persons who have taken away my time and space are those who have given me something to say.” — Katherine Paterson Copy Share Image
I can't believe there will ever be a time when the book is truly obsolete. It is the perfect technology and feeds… — Katherine Paterson Copy Share Image
the reason God made February short a few days was because he knew that by the time people came to the end… — Katherine Paterson Copy Share Image
I realize, of course, that I wasn't born knowing how to read. I just can't imagine a time when I didn't know… — Katherine Paterson Copy Share Image
Death is very mysterious to us. One moment someone is there with us, and the next moment they're not. — 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 Image
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 Image
Everybody gets scared sometimes, May Belle. You don't have to be ashamed. — Katherine Paterson Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
Our fundamental task as human beings is to seek out connections-to exercise our imaginations. — Katherine Paterson Copy Share Image
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 Image
“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 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 art, the object of children's books is to whip the little rascals into shape.” quote by Katherine Paterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/2cf/katherine-paterson-2365_adults_he-an-earnest-young-reporter-seemed-to-s_6101.jpg)
![“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 writing of work worthy of publication] had I had a room of my own and fewer children, but somehow I doubt it. For as I look back on what I have written, I can see that the very…” quote by Katherine Paterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/dc8/katherine-paterson-2365_education_i-had-no-study-in-those-days-not-even-a_294218.jpg)