Jerry Spinelli Quotes & Sayings

“I went to Gettysburg College, where the famous Civil War battle was fought. I majored in English. I would've liked to major in writing, but they didn't offer a major in that.”

“Peer pressure is just that: pressure.”

“I have a curious background for someone who turns out to be a writer.”

“Nobody told me how hard it was going to be to get published. I wrote four novels that nobody wanted, sent them out all over, collected hundreds and hundreds of rejection slips.”

“Kids still can be said to live in their own little world. Even if their parents are helicoptering around them, assigning play dates and so forth, I think they're still living in some sense of their own little perceptual worlds.”

“In my mind, I'm writing for everybody.”

“Usually it takes me about nine to 12 months to write a book.”

“Now I don't really write for adults or kids - I don't write for kids, I write about them. I think you need to do that, otherwise you end up preaching down.”

“I became a children's author by accident.”

“Write what you care about. If you do that, you stand the best chance of doing your best writing.”