You know, maybe that's all anybody wants, is to be useful. And have somebody else notice it.
Sharon CreechOnce 'Walk Two Moons' received the Newbery Medal, I decided to write full-time. Partly because there seemed to be an audience out there who wanted to read what I wanted to write, and partly because I could now support myself financially through writing.
Sharon CreechOne thing I'm interested in is what shapes us: the people? The place where we live? It's both of those and more. That's what I keep coming back to.
Sharon CreechI wondered about Mrs. Winterbottom and what she meant about living a tiny life. If she didn't like all that baking and cleaning and jumping up to get bottles of nail polish remover and sewing hems, why did she do it? Why didn't she tell them to do some of the things themselves? Maybe she was afraid there would be nothing left for her to do. There would be no need for her and she would become invisible and no one would notice.
Sharon Creech