Top 24 Quotes by Katherine Paterson

About Katherine Paterson

These are some quotes by American author Katherine Paterson Author, who was born on October 31, 1932.

Obviously, I love to do both contemporary and historical fiction. When a hint of a story grabs me, I try to go with it to see where it will take me whatever the setting.

Obviously, I love to do both contemporary and historical fiction. When a hint of a story grabs me, I try to go with it to see where it will take me whatever the setting.

Katherine Paterson

I love to read. But I loved to read a lot longer than I started to love writing.

I love to read. But I loved to read a lot longer than I started to love writing.

Katherine Paterson

If you're a kid who is always on the outside hoping to be on the inside, you're watching a lot. You're trying to figure out how to become a normal person in a society that considers you weird.

If you're a kid who is always on the outside hoping to be on the inside, you're watching a lot. You're trying to figure out how to become a normal person in a society that considers you weird.

Katherine Paterson

Death is very mysterious to us. One moment someone is there with us, and the next moment they're not.

Death is very mysterious to us. One moment someone is there with us, and the next moment they're not.

Katherine Paterson

I can't believe there will ever be a time when the book is truly obsolete. It is the perfect technology and feeds the soul.

I can't believe there will ever be a time when the book is truly obsolete. It is the perfect technology and feeds the soul.

Katherine Paterson

I'm a great believer in research. I have to know about a place before I write a story that is set in that place.

I'm a great believer in research. I have to know about a place before I write a story that is set in that place.

Katherine Paterson

I guess real maturity, which most of us never achieve, is when you realize that you're not the center of the universe.

I guess real maturity, which most of us never achieve, is when you realize that you're not the center of the universe.

Katherine Paterson

We do have trouble dealing with death, but it's the one thing that is guaranteed we are all going to have to do, and we are going to have to face it many times before we die ourselves.

We do have trouble dealing with death, but it's the one thing that is guaranteed we are all going to have to do, and we are going to have to face it many times before we die ourselves.

Katherine Paterson

Kids often ask me if characters are real or made up - and I always tell them, 'I hope they're real but I made them up.'

Kids often ask me if characters are real or made up - and I always tell them, 'I hope they're real but I made them up.'

Katherine Paterson

Children have to have access to books, and a lot of children can't go to a store and buy a book. We need not only our public libraries to be funded properly and staffed properly, but our school libraries. Many children can't get to a public library, and the only library they have is a school library.

Katherine Paterson

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