Deb Caletti Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“My dream was, and always had been, to write a book. To be a writer.”

“My most memorable teacher was Rich Campe, my third-grade teacher at Fairlands Elementary in Pleasanton, California.”

“You never know how - or when - the idea for a book will appear.”

“I understood right from the start that every set of library doors were the sort of magic portals that lead to other lands. My God, right within reach there were dinosaurs and planets and presidents and girl detectives!”

“I long for books; I am utterly greedy about them.”

“I think a setting is hugely important. I look at setting as a character with its own look, sound, history, quirks, goofy temperaments and moods.”

“One of the most constant and sustaining truths of my life has been this: I love the library.”

“I always say that, for me, writing a book is like a wacky Greyhound bus trip - I know where I'm starting and where I'll end up, but I have no idea what will happen along the way.”

“I wrote one book, signed with a good agent, and sat back and waited for the phone to ring. I was sure that the great news would come at any moment. Four books later, I finally got that call.”

“When I was a young mother at home with a two year old and a five year old, living on the Eastside in one of those neighborhoods where all the houses look the same, where all the cars look the same and the lawns look the same, I was writing in secret.”