Sharon Creech

“I don't care if the whole town comes, as long as you come, Bailey boy.”

— Sharon Creech

As readers can probably tell from my books, I love the outdoors.

— Sharon Creech

Young children are naturally so philosophical. They ask: 'What is real? What is truth?' They have to learn it; they don't automatically…

— Sharon Creech

In many of my books, I explore the ways in which grandparents or other older persons are shaped by the young, and…

— Sharon Creech

I don't remember titles of books or authors from when I was young. I remember the title of only one book, which…

— Sharon Creech

I prayed to trees. This was easier than praying directly to God. There was nearly always a tree nearby.

— Sharon Creech

I don't want to because boys don't write poetry. Girls do.

— Sharon Creech

“A driver had been sent to meet us. He was gray-haired, short, and nimble and introduced himself. "I am Patrick and so…

— Sharon Creech

“I wondered If things that might seem frightening could lose their hold over you. I wondered If we find the people we…

— Sharon Creech

“You never know the worth of water until the well is dry.”

— Sharon Creech

I cannot just write a frivolous book, a la-di-da book. Everything isn't la-di-da. There is something that's going to pull you up…

— Sharon Creech

I love the way that each book -- any book -- is its own journey. You open it, and off you go.…

— Sharon Creech

“It was as if I were carrying around all the places I'd ever lived, and nothing I was seeing was just what…

— Sharon Creech

Don’t be in too much of a rush to be published. There is enormous value in listening and reading and writing—and then…

— Sharon Creech

Sometimes you know in your heart you love someone, but you have to go away before your head can figure it out.

— Sharon Creech

I tried. Can't do it. Brain's empty.

— Sharon Creech

It can't be dead. It was alive just a minute ago.

— Sharon Creech

I enjoy receiving and giving realistic fiction, for both children and adults, with strong characters, beautiful language, and humane visions.

— Sharon Creech

“Mrs. Mudkin closed her eyes. "We should pray." "I ain't praying," Crazy Cora said. Mrs. Mudkin said, "Lord, please bless---" "I ain't…

— Sharon Creech

Then I thought, boy, isn't that just typical? You wait and wait and wait for something, and then when it happens, you…

— Sharon Creech

A library is the door to many lives.

— Sharon Creech

I loved English, and I did very well in it. A lot of teachers encouraged me to write, and because of that,…

— Sharon Creech

“Am I supposed to do something important ? It doesn't seem enough to merely take up space on this planet in this…

— Sharon Creech

I entered a poem in a poetry contest around 1987, and the poem won and I received $1,000 for it. That made…

— Sharon Creech

how can you love a little cat so much in such a short short time?

— Sharon Creech