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Revision is the heart of writing. Every page I do is done over seven or eight times.

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

From 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.

From Patricia Reilly Giff

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

From Patricia Reilly Giff

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

From Patricia Reilly Giff

I loved teaching. It was my world. I only left because I was overwhelmed with three careers - teaching, writing, and my family.

From 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.'

From Patricia Reilly Giff

I cannot outline. I do not know what the next thing is going to happen in the book until it comes out of my fingers.

From 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?'

From Patricia Reilly Giff

If you have a friend, things are better than if you didn't have a friend.

From Patricia Reilly Giff

Patricia Reilly Giff

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