I loved fairy tales as a kid. I've always been drawn to fantasy. They're always exciting. There's never a dull moment. I just love the embellishments and the magical stuff. It's such fun to work with and to re-imagine your own way.
Gail Carson LevineIn books and in life, you need to read several pages before someone's true character is revealed.
Gail Carson LevineIf beginnings terrify you, or if you just plain don't like writing them, or if they bore you, skip 'em.
Gail Carson LevineI didn't write professionally at first. It took me nine years to get anything published. At the beginning I mostly wrote picture books, which were rejected by every children's book publisher in America. The first book of mine to be accepted for publication was ELLA ENCHANTED, and not one but two publishers wanted it. That day, April 17, 1996, was one of the happiest in my life.
Gail Carson Levine