Cynthia Voigt Quotes & Sayings
18 most famous Cynthia Voigt quotes and sayings (writer). These are the first 10 quotes we have.
“One day at my grandmother's house, I discovered 'The Secret Garden' and read it. This was the first book I found entirely for myself, and I cherished it.”
“All I wanted to do was read, to be told stories. Stories were full of excitement and emotions and characters that entertained and often inspired.”
“I didn't write anything at all except book reports until I was in seventh grade, and then I wrote mostly poetry for myself.”
“I love teaching; I love little kids.”
“I was no scholar in college, and was arrogant about what I thought.”
“I'm not a compulsive writer. I wish I could be compulsive about something. I have no regular writing routine.”
“Kids are really tougher than adults, but we tend to forget this in an affluent society that lets kids indulge themselves.”
“By the time I started high school, I knew I wanted to be a writer. After graduating from Smith College in Massachusetts, I moved to New York City and worked for the advertising agency J. Walter Thompson.”
“I do have trouble starting books. I have ideas that I have trouble starting to write. But I'm the kind of person who tends to finish everything she starts out of sheer stubbornness.”
“I think writing is a part-time career, because otherwise you get a little stale, maybe even self-indulgent, when you have to fill the hours with sentences. I don't think, if I wrote 12 hours a day, my work would be much better.”
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