Can you know excellence if you've never seen it? Can you know good if you have seen only bad? — E. L. Konigsburg Excellence Copy Share Image
There were times in school when a person had to do things fast, cheap, and without character. — E. L. Konigsburg Character Copy Share Image
“Having words and explanations for things is too modern” — E. L. Konigsburg Language Copy Share Image
I think most of us are outsiders. And I think that's good because it makes you question things. — E. L. Konigsburg Because Copy Share Image
Biding one's time is a very different thing from patience. — E. L. Konigsburg Different Copy Share Image
Nathan, how can you stand playing the same piece over and over again?" And Grandpa Nate answered, "Why don't you ask me… — E. L. Konigsburg Ask me Copy Share Image
“I could tell that she felt happy. Happiness is excitement that has found a settling down place, but there is always a… — E. L. Konigsburg Happiness Copy Share Image
Readers let me know that they like books that have more to them than meets the eye. Had they not let me… — E. L. Konigsburg Books Copy Share Image
I am convinced that not only do children need children's books to fine-tune their brains, but our civilization needs them if we… — E. L. Konigsburg Book 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… — E. L. Konigsburg Secret Copy Share Image
I think it's important to experience kindness so that you can experience it more in the future. I believe that patterns of… — E. L. Konigsburg Adolescence 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… — E. L. Konigsburg About Copy Share Image
I was the first one in my family to go away to college. I came from a small town where there was… — E. L. Konigsburg Anyone 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… — E. L. Konigsburg Admirer Copy Share Image
After I won the Newbery Medal for 'From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler,' children all over the world let… — E. L. Konigsburg After Copy Share Image
Some days you must learn a great deal. But you should also have days when you allow what is already in you… — E. L. Konigsburg Days 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… — E. L. Konigsburg Born Copy Share Image
Growing up in a small town gives you two things: a sense of place and a feeling of self-consciousness - self-consciousness about… — E. L. Konigsburg About 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… — E. L. Konigsburg Advice Copy Share Image
When I was in college at Carnegie Mellon, I wanted to be a chemist. So I became one. I worked in a… — E. L. Konigsburg Became 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… — E. L. Konigsburg Freckles 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… — E. L. Konigsburg Adventure 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… — E. L. Konigsburg Black 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.… — E. L. Konigsburg Beer Copy Share Image
Kids want acceptance from their peers, but in two different, opposing ways: They want to be like everyone else and they want… — E. L. Konigsburg Acceptance Copy Share Image
“Sometimes it takes more courage to be the passenger than to be the driver.” — E. L. Konigsburg Control Copy Share Image
It often takes more courage to be a passenger than a driver. — E. L. Konigsburg Courage Copy Share Image
When you hug someone, you learn something else about them. An important something else. — E. L. Konigsburg Education Copy Share Image
“Jamie, when the stakes are high, I never cheat. I consider myself too important to do that.” — E. L. Konigsburg Important Copy Share Image
“Jamie liked perspiration, a little bit of dirt, and complications.” — E. L. Konigsburg Perspiration Copy Share Image
Art comes from a visceral need and is usually generated by something I have seen; writing comes from something that happens in… — E. L. Konigsburg Art Copy Share Image
I get ideas for my books from people I know and what happens to them, from places I've been and what happens… — E. L. Konigsburg Been Copy Share Image
Characters are so important to a story that they actually decide where the story is going. When I write, I know my… — E. L. Konigsburg Actually Copy Share Image
Because after a time having a secret and nobody knowing you have a secret us no fun. And although you dont want… — E. L. Konigsburg Daughter Copy Share Image
