64 Quotes by Jean Craighead George

Doing interesting things and then writing about them is the best way to become a good writer.

Oh, those golden-yellow eyes of the wolf! You can feel yourself being pulled in. I knew I had been accepted - and that I had spoken to another species.

I kept on writing and illustrating, for this is what I did well because I loved it.

I hope that the message I conveyed in 'Julie of the Wolves' is to tell young people to think things out. Think independently.

I met senators, diplomats and the President of the United States, Franklin Delano Roosevelt.

I hope my books empower kids, and that they learn how to work out their problems themselves.

Children will often write, 'We love your books because there are no adults in them.'

Children are still in love with the wonders of nature, and I am, too. So I write them stories in hopes that they will want to protect all the beautiful creatures and places.

By the time I got to kindergarten, I was surprised to find out I was the only kid with a turkey vulture.