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13 quotes by E. L. Konigsburg

Elaine Lobl Konigsburg (February 10, 1930 – April 19, 2013) was an American writer and illustrator of children's books and young adult fiction. She is one of six writers to win two Newbery Medals, the venerable American Library Association award for the year's "most distinguished contribution to American children's literature." Konigsburg submitted her first two manuscripts to editor Jean Karl at Atheneum Publishers in 1966, and both were...
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Art comes from a visceral need and is usually generated by something I have seen; writing comes from something that happens in my head and my heart.

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I get ideas for my books from people I know and what happens to them, from places I've been and what happens to me, and from things I read.

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I think most of us are outsiders. And I think that's good because it makes you question things.

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After I won the Newbery Medal for 'From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler,' children all over the world let me know that they... →

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Characters are so important to a story that they actually decide where the story is going. When I write, I know my characters. I know how things are... →

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Growing up in a small town gives you two things: a sense of place and a feeling of self-consciousness - self-consciousness about one's education... →

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I think it's important to experience kindness so that you can experience it more in the future. I believe that patterns of emotional behavior are... →

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I was born in New York City. But my family moved when I was still an infant. Except for a year and half when we lived in Youngstown, Ohio, I grew up... →

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I was the first one in my family to go away to college. I came from a small town where there was no guidance in the high school at all. It was a mill... →

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Readers let me know that they like books that have more to them than meets the eye. Had they not let me know that, I never would have written... →

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The essential problems remain the same... The kids I write about are asking for the same things I wanted. They want two contradictory things. They... →

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When I began writing in the mid-1960s, I thought it was not important for readers to know whether I was male or female. Also, I was a great admirer... →

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When I was in college at Carnegie Mellon, I wanted to be a chemist. So I became one. I worked in a laboratory and went to graduate school at the... →

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