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" I loved Frances Hodgson Burnett, who wrote 'The Little Princess' and 'The Secret Garden.' And I loved the 'Little House on the Prairie' books by Laura Ingalls Wilder. "
Mary Pope Osborne
Garden
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" When I was four years old, my father, who was a colonel in the army, was stationed in Salzburg, Austria. Across the street from our house was an ancient castle on a cliff. So when I first heard fairy tales, I felt as if the magic of 'Cinderella' or 'Sleeping Beauty' was taking place right in my own neighborhood. "
Mary Pope Osborne
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" A military childhood in the 1950s was very much informed by WWII. My brothers and I often heard stories from our dad - and from other kids - about things that had happened to their dads. We constantly played war games and, nearly every Saturday, saw a different WWII movie at the post theater. "
Mary Pope Osborne
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" Sometimes when I go out on the road, I feel almost embarrassed or dismayed because I can't be the image of what kids want me to be. So I just try to be myself, and usually that works out OK. "
Mary Pope Osborne
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" I wanted to be a cowboy in cowboy movies. "
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" I would love to live in 'The Lord of the Rings.' J. R. R. Tolkien's world is so vivid and rich and sensual. I love the country setting and the routine of the hobbits. Of course, I would like to be a hobbit who goes on small adventures - not huge, horrifying ones like Frodo's quest. "
Mary Pope Osborne
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" With my writing, I can still play inside an enchanted castle or live inside an old fort. I can run from ghosts or ride dolphins any day of the week. "
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" My imagination is closer to a child's imagination than to a grown-up's. "
Mary Pope Osborne
Child
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Grown-Up
" When I was five, we moved to Virginia and lived inside an old fort that was surrounded by a moat. So when I heard stories of American history, I felt as if those dramas were taking place right in my own backyard. "
Mary Pope Osborne
Own
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History
" A vacation for me is when I'm home and I'm writing. "
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Home
Writing
Me
" I get ideas from my own personal experiences, from my imagination, and from my research and from old stories. "
Mary Pope Osborne
My Own
Imagination
Research
" When I was a teenager, I continued to visit imaginary places by spending all my free time at our local community theater. Whether I acted in a play or worked backstage, the world of Tennessee Williams or Shakespeare always seemed more real to me than the dreary life of high school. "
Mary Pope Osborne
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Time
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" When I was growing up, kids would go outside and play all day and invent things. And my brothers and I pretended our picnic table was a ship one summer. Our bikes were horses, and our trees were forts. We turned everything in the world into make-believe. "
Mary Pope Osborne
World
Ship
Growing Up
" I love using my imagination. I love writing about animals. "
Mary Pope Osborne
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" I discovered writing children's books was a way to keep living in my imagination like a child. So I wrote a number of books before I started 'Magic Tree House.' Then, once I got that, I never looked back because I could be somewhere different in every single book. "
Mary Pope Osborne
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