the real reason I had wanted to grow up, the main reason I had been willing to even consider becoming an adult, was so I could have as many pets as I wanted. — 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
