15 Quotes by Pat Mora

If we’re trying to excite young people about reading, we need to be experiencingbookjoy ourselves so that we have references to make. It’s important to be able to say, “You know, I read the most wonderful poem the other day. Let me tell you about it.”

It is always a tense moment for an author to see how someone hasillustrated his or her story, because the author has lived for so long with these characters, sometimes for years.

Your Texas is no different than my Texas.

I have a deep attachment to the natural world. It’s a major influence on my writing, and as I look out over the wonderful snow-covered Santa Fe hills, I’m grateful for every day that I live here.

I became a good writer when I saw the age of forty coming at me.

I write because I am curious. I am curious about me.