He is flawless, without a blemish. Majesic . . . muscular. Gail Carson Levine More Quotes by Gail Carson Levine More Quotes From Gail Carson Levine I think kids abandon stories all the time. They start stories and get frustrated or get a different, better idea. I think that it is more worthwhile to stick with a story and revise it and try to finish it than abandon ship. Revisions, for any writer, are the name of the game. Gail Carson Levine games kids thinking I wonder how Admat can be everywhere. Is he in my sandal? Or is he my sandal itself? Why would a god bother to be a sandal? Does he wear shoes or sandals himself, invisible ones? Gail Carson Levine shoes wonder doe I don't wait for inspiration. Writing is my job. Gail Carson Levine inspiration writing jobs You're Only the fairest when your fairest to yourself Gail Carson Levine It is helpful to know the proper way to behave, so one can decide whether or not to be proper. Gail Carson Levine behave helpful way The Writer's Oath I promise solemnly: 1. to write as often and as much as I can, 2. to respect my writing self, and 3. to nurture the writing of others. I accept these responsibilities and shall honor them always. Gail Carson Levine responsibility self writing Although we didn't invite Lucinda, she arrived anyway-with a gift. "No need," Char and I chimed together. "Remember when you were a squirrel," Mandy said. Gail Carson Levine squirrels together needs I'm more interested in plot than theme, but I hope my values find their way into my stories: kindness, sympathy, effort, and humor! Gail Carson Levine effort plot kindness Father asks frequently in his letters whether I fancy any Ayorthaian young lady or any in our acquaintance at home. I say no I suppose I'm confessing another fault: pride. I don't want him to know that I love if my affections are not returned Gail Carson Levine pride home father He loved me. He'd loved me as long as he he'd known me! I hadn't loved him as long perhaps, but now I loved him equally well, or better. I loved his laugh, his handwriting, his steady gaze, his honorableness, his freckles, his appreciation of my jokes, his hands, his determination that I should know the worst of him. And, most of all, shameful though it might be, I loved his love for me. Gail Carson Levine determination appreciation hands Daughter, we didn't need your note - or a prince's visit - to tell us you'd done nothing wrong. We know the daughter we raised. We fear for your future, but never for your character. You take our love and our trust wherever you wander. Father. Gail Carson Levine daughter character father In books and in life, you need to read several pages before someone's true character is revealed. Gail Carson Levine character book needs To pretend I was sliding down the stair rail." He laughed again. " You should have done it. I would have caught you at the bottom. Gail Carson Levine caught done should-have Why do you keep reading a book? Usually to find out what happens. Why do you give up and stop reading it? There may be lots of reasons. But often the answer is you don't care what happens. So what makes the difference between caring and not caring? The author's cruelty. And the reader's sympathy...it takes a mean author to write a good story. Gail Carson Levine giving-up reading book My favorite of my books is DAVE AT NIGHT, because it's loosely based on my father's childhood in an orphanage. Gail Carson Levine night father book I had to write something and couldn't think of a plot, so I decided to write a Cinderella story because it already had a plot! Then, when I thought about Cinderella's character, I realized that she was too much of a goody-two-shoes for me, and I would hate her before I finished ten pages. Gail Carson Levine think me hate character Encourage children to write their own stories, and then don't rain on their parade. Don't say, 'That's not true.' Applaud flights of fantasy. Help with spelling and grammar, but stand up and cheer the use of imagination. Gail Carson Levine stand-up imagination rain children My interest in the theater led me to my first writing experience as an adult. My husband David wrote the music and lyrics and I wrote the book for a children's musical, 'Spacenapped' that was produced by a neighborhood theater in Brooklyn. Gail Carson Levine me experience music children Ideas sometimes come from nowhere, and sometimes they take lots of thinking. Gail Carson Levine come sometimes ideas thinking If a big person invests time in reading, kids learn reading is important, the child is important, words are important, stories are important. Gail Carson Levine words child reading time
