Marie Rutkoski Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“I love seeing a story evolve over several books and watching characters develop.”

“I pretty much always wanted to write a series, because I love reading them.”

“I was so in love with books from as early as I remember that it seemed a natural step to want to create them. And so I just wanted to be a writer from a very young age. And I think that the lies were just a natural side effect of me wanting to tell stories and write them down.”

“In some ways, getting published in children's literature is a little more open than publishing adult literature. It's less hinged on who you might know.”

“My mother had been blind as a child. And so, blindness was something that has long fascinated me, but also it's something I find really, really scary.”

“When you are 'world building,' people will oftentimes judge how well you built your world. They want to know: Is the culture believable? Does it feel like it has a history? I try very hard to pay attention to details.”