What I have come to believe is that joy is the twin sister of gratitude. I am most joyful when I am most grateful.
Katherine PatersonYou don't have to fight dragons to write books. You just have to live deeply the life you've been given.
Katherine PatersonWhen people ask me what qualifies me to be a writer for children, I say I was once a child. But I was not only a child, I was, better still, a weird little kid, and though I would never choose to give my own children this particular preparation for life, there are few things, apparently, more helpful to a writer than having once been a weird little kid.
Katherine Paterson