66 Quotes by Margaret Haddix

The sudden silence is horrifying, and it seems to catch my mother off guard. A tiny whimper escapes her, the sound amplified in the stillness. Surely, my father hears her now; surely he and I can’t go on pretending she isn’t crying.

That porch is a happy-looking place, and my father – burdened, stoop-shouldered, cadaverously thin – doesn’t seem to belong on it.

I like to know what I’m celebrating before I put on a party hat.

When writing isn’t going well-then the bad thing about being a writer is that I also have the freedom and flexibility to do something badly, and no one else can fix it for me.

I write a book over a period of months or years, and when I’m done with it, usually another year goes by before I see it in print. It’s hard to be patient and wait.

I like the fact that kids are willing to be imaginative and go along with me when I’m telling strange tales.

It’s just so much fun to make up characters, situations, and everything else about a story. I have so much freedom and flexibility to do whatever I want.

I think I learned a lot from reading in general – even from reading badly written books.

There’s something about each of my books that I’m really proud of, and there’s something about each of my books that I cringe over.