30 Quotes by Patricia Reilly Giff

Drawing is what you see of the world, truly see...And sometimes what you see is so deep in your head you're not even sure of what you're seeing. But when it's down there on paper, and you look at it, really look, you'll see the way things are...that's the world, isn't it? You have to keep looking to find the truth.

I told her that saying goodbye didn't matter, not a bit. What mattered were all the days you were together before that, all the things you remembered.

If someone looks into your eyes, I read in a book one time, he'll see right into your soul. I didn't want anyone to see into my soul.

There are some people who don't even know enough to fall in love with the water.

I want to see children curled up with books, finding an awareness of themselves as they discover other people's thoughts. I want them to make the connection that books are people's stories, that writing is talking on paper, and I want them to write their own stories. I'd like my books to provide that connection for them.

Do you all have a living room floor or a bedroom floor? Then you can write a book.

Everything in my life affects my writing. There are no separate parts of my life.

Revision is the heart of writing. Every page I do is done over seven or eight times.

I loved teaching. It was my world. I only left because I was overwhelmed with three careers - teaching, writing, and my family.