I have no special talent, you know. I never took a writing course before I began to write.
Patricia Reilly GiffDo you all have a living room floor or a bedroom floor? Then you can write a book.
Patricia Reilly GiffI cannot outline. I do not know what the next thing is going to happen in the book until it comes out of my fingers.
Patricia Reilly GiffSometimes when I visit schools, kids will interview me for the school newspaper. They ask me questions and my answers tend to go on and on, and they try to write down everything I'm saying as quickly as they can. And one day, a kid holds up her hand and said, 'Do you think you could just answer 'yes' or 'no?' Aren't kids wonderful?
Patricia Reilly Giff