Latest Katherine Paterson Quotes from Interviews

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• I'm sure my first nine years have had a powerful influence on the kind of books I write.

  Katherine Paterson

  Powerful, Book, Writing

  Source: www.hbook.com

• What I really want to do is to write a hilarious farce.

  Katherine Paterson

  Writing, Farce, Want

  Source: www.hbook.com

• I do know that I need solitude, not only to write but to nourish myself (being, like most writers, an introvert) so that I do keep trying to write.

  Katherine Paterson

  Writing, Solitude, Trying

  Source: www.hbook.com

• The children's book world has given me wonderful friendships and an unbelievably rich life.

  Katherine Paterson

  Children, Book, Rich Life

  Source: www.hbook.com

• We can read the paper or current magazines and learn about national and world events, think about controversial subjects, learn how to disagree respectfully, and how, finally, to act on our convictions. We can read for pure delight, and if we do this as a family or classroom or other group we can build wonderful memories.

  Katherine Paterson

  Memories, Thinking, Groups

  Source: www.hbook.com

• More than fifty years ago Sputnik dramatically raised the nation's awareness of what was lacking in science and math education in America. What we need to wake people up to now is the crisis in imagination and concern for the greater good.

  Katherine Paterson

  Math, Years, America

  Source: www.hbook.com

• We book people are always preaching about reading aloud to children, but unless you do, you can't realize how it enriches family life.

  Katherine Paterson

  Children, Book, Reading

  Source: www.hbook.com

• Since my first novel was rescued from a slush pile, it makes me sad that most publishing houses no longer accept unsolicited manuscripts. Nor are many willing to take chances on novels that are not deemed immediately "marketable."

  Katherine Paterson

  Publishing House, Firsts, Take A Chance

  Source: www.hbook.com

• What we need to wake people up to now is the crisis in imagination and concern for the greater good. We have no idea what the next ten years, much less the next fifty years, will demand of the coming generation. What we do know is that unless we have a people prepared and eager to meet those crises creatively and compassionately, there is not much hope for this poor old planet of ours.

  Katherine Paterson

  Years, Ideas, Imagination

  Source: www.hbook.com

• Teachers have almost stopped reading aloud to their classes because of the pressure of testing and tight curricula, but it is the books we read together and talk about together that bring us closer together.

  Katherine Paterson

  Teacher, Book, Reading

  Source: www.hbook.com

• As much pleasure as young people get from Twittering and texting, there is no way these activities will nourish their minds and spirits the way literature can.

  Katherine Paterson

  People, Mind, Literature

  Source: www.hbook.com

• Reading has made such a profound difference to my life. I'm sure I became a writer because of the power of literature in my own life.

  Katherine Paterson

  Reading, Differences, Profound

  Source: www.hbook.com

• I woke up one morning and realized that what I wanted to say to everyone - children, young people, adults - was: Read for your life.

  Katherine Paterson

  Morning, Children, People

  Source: www.hbook.com