Linda Sue Park

“One step at a time, one day at a time, just today, just this day to get through.”

— Linda Sue Park

Libraries hold the wisdom of the world and the stories of the ages - available to everyone, free of charge!

— Linda Sue Park

“I have chosen the way of my death, which is something few of us are privileged to do.”

— Linda Sue Park

A mistake made with good in your heart is still a mistake, but it is one for which you must forgive yourself.

— Linda Sue Park

My son and I discovered Terry Pratchett's books together, when he was about eleven years old. He'd be reading on his own…

— Linda Sue Park

You burn the paper, but not the words. You silence the words, but not the thoughts. You kill the thoughts only if…

— Linda Sue Park

I enjoy my family a lot. I have active teenagers, and they're in soccer and choral events.

— Linda Sue Park

In my family and among Korean-Americans, there just is no occasion that people would get together without bibimbap. It's something that people…

— Linda Sue Park

“Foxes were dreaded animals. They were not large or fierce, like the bears and tigers that roamed the mountains, but they were…

— Linda Sue Park

If you're trying to write about very strong horror, very strong fear or very strong emotion, it's easy to overwrite it.

— Linda Sue Park

What I like most: Reading well-written sources that take me to another world for hours at a time - and being able…

— Linda Sue Park

If a man is keeping an idea to himself, and that idea is taken by stealth or trickery-I say it is stealing.…

— Linda Sue Park

“[W]hat people truly desire is access to the knowledge and information that ultimately lead to a better life--the collected wisdom of the…

— Linda Sue Park

With a book called 'Keeping Score,' I really did want to write a book about the Korean War, because I felt that…

— Linda Sue Park

I often have trouble falling asleep at night, so when I'm lying in bed I think up stories. That's where I do…

— Linda Sue Park

I do think that part of literature's job is to comment on and participate in the social issues of the time.

— Linda Sue Park

I've been writing for as long as I can remember, and reading even before that. My mom still has stories that I…

— Linda Sue Park

Most writers adore their editors, and I'm no exception.

— Linda Sue Park

“Tree-ear has taken his first step toward his dream. Realizing a dream can be very hard, though. Sometimes, a dream can seem…

— Linda Sue Park

My first publication was a haiku in a children's magazine when I was 9 years old. I received one dollar for it!…

— Linda Sue Park

All my books take a long time to research. I spend several months researching before I start writing, and in the middle…

— Linda Sue Park

When I was reading books for 'Seesaw Girl,' I came across several references to the fact that in the 11th and 12th…

— Linda Sue Park

I want all my books to provoke some kind of response in the reader, to make them think something or feel something…

— Linda Sue Park

“He was floating with his head down, blood streaming from a bullet hole in the back of his neck.”

— Linda Sue Park

“Maybe praying was another way to practice hope.”

— Linda Sue Park