I'm sure my first nine years have had a powerful influence on the kind of books I write.
Katherine PatersonI realize, of course, that I wasn't born knowing how to read. I just can't imagine a time when I didn't know how.
Katherine PatersonAs I look back on what I have written, I can see that the very persons who have taken away my time are those who have given me something to say.
Katherine PatersonMore than fifty years ago Sputnik dramatically raised the nation's awareness of what was lacking in science and math education in America. What we need to wake people up to now is the crisis in imagination and concern for the greater good.
Katherine Paterson...the long train ride was like traveling through limbo. You weren't anywhere when you were on a train, she decided. You weren't where you had been, and you weren't yet where you were going. You were nowhere. It might be beautiful outside the window-and it was, she had sense enough to realize that-but it wasn't anywhere to her, just a scene passing by that was framed by the train window. (p160)
Katherine Paterson