Top 16 Quotes by Mary Pope Osborne

About Mary Pope Osborne

These are some quotes by American author Mary Pope Osborne Writer, who was born on May 20, 1949.

I loved Frances Hodgson Burnett, who wrote 'The Little Princess' and 'The Secret Garden.' And I loved the 'Little House on the Prairie' books by Laura Ingalls Wilder.

I loved Frances Hodgson Burnett, who wrote 'The Little Princess' and 'The Secret Garden.' And I loved the 'Little House on the Prairie' books by Laura Ingalls Wilder.

Mary Pope Osborne

Sometimes when I go out on the road, I feel almost embarrassed or dismayed because I can't be the image of what kids want me to be. So I just try to be myself, and usually that works out OK.

Sometimes when I go out on the road, I feel almost embarrassed or dismayed because I can't be the image of what kids want me to be. So I just try to be myself, and usually that works out OK.

Mary Pope Osborne

When I was a teenager, I continued to visit imaginary places by spending all my free time at our local community theater. Whether I acted in a play or worked backstage, the world of Tennessee Williams or Shakespeare always seemed more real to me than the dreary life of high school.

Mary Pope Osborne

My imagination is closer to a child's imagination than to a grown-up's.

My imagination is closer to a child's imagination than to a grown-up's.

Mary Pope Osborne

When I was five, we moved to Virginia and lived inside an old fort that was surrounded by a moat. So when I heard stories of American history, I felt as if those dramas were taking place right in my own backyard.

Mary Pope Osborne

I get ideas from my own personal experiences, from my imagination, and from my research and from old stories.

I get ideas from my own personal experiences, from my imagination, and from my research and from old stories.

Mary Pope Osborne

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