Writer Quotes by Rebecca Serle

The best way to get me to write more books is to read the ones that exist!

— Rebecca Serle

I always say being a writer is the best gig around. I love it.

— Rebecca Serle

When I write novels, it's just me alone in a room.

— Rebecca Serle

Writing isn't manual labor. Nor is it emptying the dishwasher or paying bills. It's work, sure, but sometimes it should be fun.

— Rebecca Serle

I love anything by Deb Caletti. She's my absolute favorite young adult author. I love Ally Carter as well.

— Rebecca Serle

I always say it's a shame picture books get such a bad rep. Illustrations are tough to sell older kids on!

— Rebecca Serle

Writing is hard. It takes commitment and determination and a good part talent. It's not an afterthought, an addendum - it's a…

— Rebecca Serle

I get asked a lot what books I recommend for a nursery, home library, etc., and I always tell parents to start…

— Rebecca Serle

At its best, writing is a dialogue. It's one of the things I love about children's: the fact that this dialogue is…

— Rebecca Serle

'Wuthering Heights' by Emily Bronte has been my all-time favorite book since I was in middle school.

— Rebecca Serle

I don't have to mumble something under my breath when someone asks me what I do anymore. I can just say, definitively,…

— Rebecca Serle

Part of the job of a children's author is to write books that will be remembered, definitely, but if I might go…

— Rebecca Serle

I have often said that I think children's books are like poetry. Finding the exact right words to tell a story is…

— Rebecca Serle

Writers often like to talk about how intuitive the writing process is, but in truth, building a book is a remarkably unintuitive…

— Rebecca Serle

Picture books have terrible PR amongst the children of this country. Ask any librarian: after a certain age, children just aren't interested…

— Rebecca Serle

Children's authors have to pick words that reflect the spirit of a book and convey its message but also words that light…

— Rebecca Serle

'Goodnight Moon' is a staple of any nursery bookshelf. So, too, are 'Harold and the Purple Crayon' and 'Madeline.' These books are…

— Rebecca Serle

You don't write a book. You write a sentence and then a paragraph and then a page and then a chapter. Looking…

— Rebecca Serle

Every writer, no matter published, unpublished, award-winning, or bestselling, faces insecurity. It crops up everywhere and, in my personal experience, nearly every…

— Rebecca Serle

My first novel, 'When You Were Mine,' was a very, very personal story and drew a lot on the people in my…

— Rebecca Serle

Writing is probably the least glamorous profession there is. This doesn't change when you become an author.

— Rebecca Serle

The truth is that 'Twilight' is not a story about Bella and Jacob. It's a story about Bella and Edward. That was…

— Rebecca Serle

Seriously, I am a terrible plotter when it comes to my novels. Terrible. I love to kind of feel my way into…

— Rebecca Serle

If you want to be a writer, first and foremost, you must write. If you write, you're a writer. Period.

— Rebecca Serle

I often lament that new picture books don't get read because the classics hold up so well. It's a ridiculous complaint because,…

— Rebecca Serle