Books are the bees which carry the quickening pollen from one to another mind.
James Russell Lowell
Pretending that there are no choices to be made - reading only books, for example, which are cheery and safe and nice - is a prescription for... →
Lois Lowry
So many of my books, I don't want to say they have messages, but they have important things to say.
I think teens are drawn to these speculative books that portray what might happen and what could happen.
I turn to books for a feeling of companionship: for somebody knowing what I have known.
It's interesting that so many books now are published as the first in a series. It never occurred to me. Although 'The Giver' does have... →
I don't read young adult or children's books, now that my grandchildren are beyond the age of my reading to them. I read reviews, and so... →
I think I've written 40 books, and none of them have been heavy on action. I'm an introspective person.
I'm not terribly conversant with children's literature in general. I tend to read books for adults, being an adult.
When I moved from Cambridge, I donated all my fiction. I carefully cut out pages the authors had autographed for me. I didn't want those... →