“Relationships with parents, grandparents, friends, and siblings were important to me when I was young and have remained so throughout my life. Our relationships with other people both shape and reflect who we are. These relationships are infinitely fascinating to explore!” PeopleImportantYoungParentShapesWho We AreFascinatingOur RelationshipGrandparentSiblingRelationships With Others Author:Sharon Creech
“I enjoy receiving and giving realistic fiction, for both children and adults, with strong characters, beautiful language, and humane visions.” GivingChildrenCharacterBeautifulLanguageStrongEnjoyFictionVisionAdultsRealisticReceivingHumaneStrong CharacterRealistic Fiction Author:Sharon Creech
“One thing I'm interested in is what shapes us: the people? The place where we live? It's both of those and more. That's what I keep coming back to.” PeopleOne ThingShapesComing Back Author:Sharon Creech
“When I read good stories, I want to write good stories too.” WantWritingStoriesGood Story Author:Sharon Creech
“Each child brings so much joy and hope into the world, and that is reason enough for being here. As you grow older, you will contribute something else to this world, and only you can discover what that is.” WorldChildrenReasonEnoughJoyGrowsThis World Author:Sharon Creech
“I cannot just write a frivolous book, a la-di-da book. Everything isn't la-di-da. There is something that's going to pull you up short. I want to reassure young readers. I want to comfort them, to not fear the unexpected.” WantWritingBookYoungReaderComfortUnexpectedFrivolous Author:Sharon Creech
“I don't remember titles of books or authors from when I was young. I remember the title of only one book, which was 'The Timber Toes.' I remember it was a family of little wooden people who lived in the woods, and for some reason that stayed with me.” PeopleLittlesBookReasonRememberYoungWoodsTitlesToesTimber Author:Sharon Creech
“I entered a poem in a poetry contest around 1987, and the poem won and I received $1,000 for it. That made me realize that maybe what I was writing was worth reading to people. After that, for some reason, I turned to novels and I've written mainly novels ever since.” PeopleWritingMadeReasonReadingRealizingNovelWrittenContestsWorth Reading Author:Sharon Creech
“I once fell 20 feet from a tree, was knocked unconscious, and when I picked myself up and straggled home, my parents thought I was making it up. However, when my brother and I fabricated a story about an encounter with a bear, they believed that! So maybe I learned very early on that fiction was more interesting to listeners!” StoriesHomeParentInterestingFictionTreeFeetBrotherBearsMy BrotherEncountersUnconsciousListeners Author:Sharon Creech
“Once 'Walk Two Moons' received the Newbery Medal, I decided to write full-time. Partly because there seemed to be an audience out there who wanted to read what I wanted to write, and partly because I could now support myself financially through writing.” WritingTwoWantedWalksSupportAudienceMoonDecidedMedal Author:Sharon Creech
“Young children are naturally so philosophical. They ask: 'What is real? What is truth?' They have to learn it; they don't automatically know it. To them, it's a game. You can study this for years in college, and yet you probably asked it when you were four or five years old.” KnowsYearsChildrenRealYoungAsksGamesStudyFiveFourCollegePhilosophicalFive YearsYoung ChildrenFive Year Olds Author:Sharon Creech
