Top 16 Quotes by Patricia Reilly Giff

About Patricia Reilly Giff

These are some quotes by American author Patricia Reilly Giff Educator, who was born on April 26, 1935.

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

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

Patricia Reilly Giff

The reasons kids get into trouble in one way or another is because - Who ever told them they were special?

The reasons kids get into trouble in one way or another is because - Who ever told them they were special?

Patricia Reilly Giff

I have no special talent, you know. I never took a writing course before I began to write.

I have no special talent, you know. I never took a writing course before I began to write.

Patricia Reilly Giff

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.

Patricia Reilly Giff

Anyone who has problems, or worries, anyone who laughs and cries, anyone who feels can write. It's only talking on paper... talking about the things that matter to us.

Anyone who has problems, or worries, anyone who laughs and cries, anyone who feels can write. It's only talking on paper... talking about the things that matter to us.

Patricia Reilly Giff

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.'

Patricia Reilly Giff

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

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

Patricia Reilly Giff

All of my books are based in some way on my personal experiences, or the experiences of members of my family, or the stories kids would tell me in school.

All of my books are based in some way on my personal experiences, or the experiences of members of my family, or the stories kids would tell me in school.

Patricia Reilly Giff

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

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

Patricia Reilly Giff

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?'

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?'

Patricia Reilly Giff

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