Patricia Reilly Giff Quotes & Sayings

16 most famous Patricia Reilly Giff quotes and sayings (educator). These are the first 10 quotes we have.

“I cannot outline. I do not know what the next thing is going to happen in the book until it comes out of my fingers.”

“What inspired me to become an author? I think it was the snow in New York. I looked out the window and I said, 'Well, I have to get dressed every morning to go to teach, but if I write a book, I can stay home in my bathrobe, eat candy corn.'”

“Everything in my life affects my writing. There are no separate parts of my life.”

“I have no special talent, you know. I never took a writing course before I began to write.”

“If you have a friend, things are better than if you didn't have a friend.”

“Outside of family, writing is essential. To me, it's like breathing.”

“Revision is the heart of writing. Every page I do is done over seven or eight times.”

“Do you all have a living room floor or a bedroom floor? Then you can write a book.”

“To me, family is everything. I want children to realize how important their families are and what a support system a family is.”

“All of my books are based in some way on my personal experiences, or the experiences of members of my family, or the stories kids would tell me in school.”

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