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Revision is the heart of writing. Every page I do is done over seven or eight times.

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What inspired me to become an author? I think it was the snow in New York. I looked out the window and I said, 'Well, I have to get dressed every morning to go to teach, but if I write a book, I can stay home in my bathrobe, eat candy corn.'

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I cannot outline. I do not know what the next thing is going to happen in the book until it comes out of my fingers.

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To me, family is everything. I want children to realize how important their families are and what a support system a family is.

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I want to see children curled up with books, finding an awareness of themselves as they discover other people's thoughts. I want them to make the connection that books are people's stories, that writing is talking on paper, and I want them to write their own stories. I'd like my books to provide that connection for them.

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Everything in my life affects my writing. There are no separate parts of my life.

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Sometimes 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?

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Do you all have a living room floor or a bedroom floor? Then you can write a book.

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When I sit and talk with a person, I'm not always paying attention. I'm looking at the person and saying, 'What is it about his or her life that appeals to me?'

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If you have a friend, things are better than if you didn't have a friend.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Educator

Born: April 26th, 1935

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