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" People are inclined to say that I am Ramona. I'm not sure that's true, but I did share some experiences with her. "

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" Writers are good at plucking out what they need here and there. "

" When I was in the first grade I was afraid of the teacher and had a miserable time in the reading circle, a difficulty that was overcome by the loving patience of my second grade teacher. Even though I could read, I refused to do so. "

" I had a very wise mother. She always kept books that were my grade level in our house. "

" I was a great reader of fairy tales. I tried to read the entire fairy tale section of the library. "

" One rainy Sunday when I was in the third grade, I picked up a book to look at the pictures and discovered that even though I did not want to, I was reading. I have been a reader ever since. "

" With twins, reading aloud to them was the only chance I could get to sit down. I read them picture books until they were reading on their own. "

" What interests me is what children go through while growing up. "

" People are usually surprised to hear this, but I don't really read children's books. "

" Otis was inspired by a boy who sat across the aisle from me in sixth grade. He was a lively person. My best friend appears in assorted books in various disguises. "

" Children want to do what grownups do. "

" We didn't have television in those days, and many people didn't even have radios. My mother would read aloud to my father and me in the evening. "

" I was an only child; I didn't have a sister, or sisters. "

" Quite often somebody will say, What year do your books take place? and the only answer I can give is, In childhood. "

" My favorite books are a constantly changing list, but one favorite has remained constant: the dictionary. Is the word I want to use spelled practice or practise? The dictionary knows. The dictionary also slows down my writing because it is such interesting reading that I am distracted. "

" I hope children will be happy with the books I've written, and go on to be readers all of their lives. "

" I feel sometimes that in children's books there are more and more grim problems, but I don't know that I want to burden third- and fourth-graders with them. "

" My mother always kept library books in the house, and one rainy Sunday afternoon - this was before television, and we didn't even have a radio - I picked up a book to look at the pictures and discovered I was reading and enjoying what I read. "

" I don't think children's inner feelings have changed. They still want a mother and father in the very same house; they want places to play. "

" I read my books aloud before they were published. "

" I like to read, walk, cook, and travel to cities. We live in the country, so we miss museums and the bustle of city life. "

" Children should learn that reading is pleasure, not just something that teachers make you do in school. "

" I think the best teachers had a real interest in the subject they were teaching and a love for children. "

" I particularly enjoy cello music because our daughter plays the cello. I have listened to her practice for so many hours that I am familiar with the music written for that instrument. I am also fond of the popular music of the 1930s because my future husband and I danced to it so many Saturday nights when we were in college. "

" I grew up before there were strict leash laws. "