6 Quotes by Rachel Sheinkin

I found it incredibly inspiring, and I would leave her class with all these ideas in my head.

You have continual suspense, unfolding letter by letter. You have all these ups and downs in your characters' fortunes. Success or failure is only seconds away, and it's in their own hands. You have character and action built right in.

This is the chance for the non-athletic kids to have their moment. It's the kids who don't get picked first in gym who are up there.

They didn't know what to make of it in Melbourne. They loved it, and they made it their own. But they did not fully have a sense of competitive academics.

Aristotle said that the essence of drama is fear and pity. Where do you feel more fear and pity than when you look at a kid in a spelling bee?

For some reason I just knew back then that I wanted to be a writer.