140 Quotes by Rebecca Stead

I personally find the ideas that girls need to cover their shoulders in school a little bit strange... when we're telling girls, you know, 'You have to cover your shoulders because otherwise you're a distraction to other people in your class,' probably something is wrong.

In so many ways, being a literary agent is an irresistible job to me. Not only does it involve all the things I love - being an advocate for others, problem solving, and going to meetings - yes, that's true, I love meetings, though everyone says it's bizarre! - but most importantly, I love working with people whose writing excites me.

I like to write about questions that interest me, not the conclusions I've come to.

I read a whole lot as a child, and, of course, I still read children's books.

I felt vulnerable and very much between friends. I remember walking down the hallway and thinking I had no way of knowing what was coming, literally. This wasn't because I had some horrific bullying story, but because of a steady drip of negativity.

I do try to write in ways that reflect reality, and I think that reality is rarely simple.

I asked myself what it was that I wanted from writing and where my connection with books began, and the answer to that question was definitely in childhood, because that's where my connection with reading began.

A lot of my ideas for books come from newspaper articles. But I don't like to be actively looking for ideas.

Beautiful and fresh, Girl Saves Boy is full of the absolute truth-life is complicated. I could not put it down.