Fiction Quote by Katherine Paterson
“The world that is in me is the only world I have by which to grasp the world outside and as I write fiction, it is the chart by which I must steer.”
“The world that is in me is the only world I have by which to grasp the world outside and as I write fiction, it is the chart by which I must steer.”
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![“I had no study in those days, not even a desk or file or bookcase to call mine alone…It might have happened sooner [the writing of work worthy of publication] had I had a room of my own and fewer children, but somehow I doubt it. For as I look back on what I have written, I can see that the very…” quote by Katherine Paterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/dc8/katherine-paterson-2365_education_i-had-no-study-in-those-days-not-even-a_294218.jpg)
