Well, it's simple to love someone," she said. "But it's hard to know when you need to say it out loud. Rebecca Stead More Quotes by Rebecca Stead More Quotes From Rebecca Stead I never had a favourite book! I liked all kinds of things - science fiction, so I read Heinlen and Ray Bradbury, and I also liked reading about kids like myself, so I read Judy Blume and Norma Klein and Paula Danzinger and a lot of other writers. I also read James Herriot! Rebecca Stead myself reading science book I think things hit me very hard, and I wish I had allowed things to roll off my back a little bit more. Rebecca Stead i-wish think me wish My kids really like food, and they like to cook, so it's a lot of fun to shop with them. Rebecca Stead them like food fun Mostly what I try to do is build emotion. Only I'd prefer not to do it by telling you about emotion but by pushing that emotion down. Rebecca Stead down try you emotion I would never look a gift horse in the mouth. I've had some lovely homemade earrings and, recently, a wall hanging made in the style of Georges Seurat. Rebecca Stead gift look horse style I read a whole lot as a child, and, of course, I still read children's books. Rebecca Stead books still child children I personally find the ideas that girls need to cover their shoulders in school a little bit strange... when we're telling girls, you know, 'You have to cover your shoulders because otherwise you're a distraction to other people in your class,' probably something is wrong. Rebecca Stead you people ideas school I think we must all feel that there are people out there who know things about our young selves, you know, our early, early lives, that no one else can ever know. Rebecca Stead feel think you people During the week,I'm really focused on writing and output. Sunday is a day when I really try not to write at all. Rebecca Stead day focused sunday writing A lot of my ideas for books come from newspaper articles. But I don't like to be actively looking for ideas. Rebecca Stead newspaper looking like ideas On Sunday, I think the most important thing for me is to just turn my brain off. The idea of not trying is the key, because that's where you're relaxed enough to let your brain make new connections. Rebecca Stead think me you brain I think of 'Liar & Spy' as completely different and actually not at all like a 'When You Reach Me'-type story. I feel like 'Liar & Spy' has a much quieter, more emotional revelation. Rebecca Stead liar feel think you There's this trouble with books for me because I'm terrible at thinking of titles. The truth is, even with the titles that I've landed on in the end, they always feel wrong. I think it's because of this whole problem of having to package your book in a certain way. Rebecca Stead feel me truth thinking I try to remember what it was like to be a kid in New York. I lived in different parts of my childhood in Manhattan on the Upper West Side, where 'When You Reach Me' is set, and also in the Midwood section of Brooklyn. Rebecca Stead me you childhood remember I like the idea of a world, even within a big giant city, where you're not anonymous. You have an identity, and that's an identity that's known just sort of by shopkeepers. I felt that as a kid, and I loved it. Rebecca Stead city you identity world From age nine, my friends and I were on the streets, walking home, going to each other's houses, going to the store. I really wanted to write about that: the independence that's a little bit scary but also a really positive thing in a lot of ways. Rebecca Stead age walking home positive There was a boy in my building who was my best friend when I was growing up. There was also a mysterious person on my corner who we called the Laughing Man. Rebecca Stead boy best man best-friend 'Middle school' is used as shorthand for a time when things change. It's a time a lot of kids feel like they don't even have one good friend. Rebecca Stead good change time school We're allowed as adults to create a life that we like. Kids don't have that freedom. Rebecca Stead create like freedom life I've met seven homeschooling families through many, many extracurricular activities such as fencing. I don't have a point of view of homeschooling. For some families, homeschooling works. Rebecca Stead view some through point-of-view
