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" Anyone who has problems, or worries, anyone who laughs and cries, anyone who feels can write. It's only talking on paper... talking about the things that matter to us. "

Patricia Reilly Giff

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" Everything in my life affects my writing. There are no separate parts of my life. "

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" I want to see children curled up with books, finding an awareness of themselves as they discover other people's thoughts. I want them to make the connection that books are people's stories, that writing is talking on paper, and I want them to write their own stories. I'd like my books to provide that connection for them. "

Patricia Reilly Giff

" Do you all have a living room floor or a bedroom floor? Then you can write a book. "

Patricia Reilly Giff

" When I sit and talk with a person, I'm not always paying attention. I'm looking at the person and saying, 'What is it about his or her life that appeals to me?' "

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" If you have a friend, things are better than if you didn't have a friend. "

Patricia Reilly Giff

" Revision is the heart of writing. Every page I do is done over seven or eight times. "

Patricia Reilly Giff

" What inspired me to become an author? I think it was the snow in New York. I looked out the window and I said, 'Well, I have to get dressed every morning to go to teach, but if I write a book, I can stay home in my bathrobe, eat candy corn.' "

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" I loved teaching. It was my world. I only left because I was overwhelmed with three careers - teaching, writing, and my family. "

Patricia Reilly Giff

" I have no special talent, you know. I never took a writing course before I began to write. "

Patricia Reilly Giff

" I cannot outline. I do not know what the next thing is going to happen in the book until it comes out of my fingers. "

Patricia Reilly Giff

" The reasons kids get into trouble in one way or another is because - Who ever told them they were special? "

Patricia Reilly Giff

" To me, family is everything. I want children to realize how important their families are and what a support system a family is. "

Patricia Reilly Giff

" Outside of family, writing is essential. To me, it's like breathing. "

Patricia Reilly Giff

" All of my books are based in some way on my personal experiences, or the experiences of members of my family, or the stories kids would tell me in school. "

Patricia Reilly Giff