I have no special talent, you know. I never took a writing course before I began to write.
Patricia Reilly GiffTo me, family is everything. I want children to realize how important their families are and what a support system a family is.
Patricia Reilly GiffI'm still writing in my old age. And still loving it. It fills my days. Writing is my salvation. I just get up in the morning, and I'm in this world that I scratch out and begin again and write over - and then suddenly it's lunchtime, and I'm back.
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