There are few things, apparently, more helpful to a writer than having once been a weird little kid.
Katherine PatersonWe humans have had from time unknown the compulsion to name things and thus to be able to deal with them. The name we give to something shapes our attitude toward it. And in ancient thought the name itself has power, so that to know someone's name is to have a certain power over him. And in some societies, as you know, there was a public name and a real or secret name, which would not be revealed to others.
Katherine PatersonThe work reveals the creator - and as our universe in its vastness, its orderliness, its exquisite detail, tells us something of the One who made it, so a work of fiction, for better or worse, will reveal the writer.
Katherine PatersonPeace is not won by those who fiercely guard their differences, but by those who with open minds and hearts seek out connections.
Katherine Paterson