Fact and fiction are different truths. Patricia MacLachlan More Quotes by Patricia MacLachlan More Quotes From Patricia MacLachlan I can always tell when I'm about to start writing. I go through cycles in reading. When I'm beginning to start to write something, I start reading what I think of as good literature. I read things with wonderful language. Patricia MacLachlan beginning good language reading My inspiration for writing is all the wonderful books that I read as a child and that I still read. I think that for those of us who write, when we find a wonderful book written by someone else, we don't really get jealous, we get inspired, and that's kind of the mark of what a good writer is. Patricia MacLachlan good child jealous book Looking back, I see that I write books about brothers and sisters, about what makes up a family, what works and what is nurturing. Patricia MacLachlan looking back looking-back family
