9 Geraldine McCaughrean Quotes for You to Enjoy

Geraldine McCaughrean

British Novelist

Born: Jun 6, 1951

Book Me Myself People Writing You

Related authors: Anne Bronte Charles Morgan Charlotte Bronte Hector Hugh Munro Helen Oyeyemi Jeanette Winterson Roald Dahl Zadie Smith

I read hugely as a child, but I slowed up when the print got smaller. I am a very slow reader. I don't know why. Maybe it is like some people chewing their food for ages and some wolfing it down. Geraldine McCaughrean

My brother, whom I adored, typed out a children's book illustrated by himself... at the age of 14. My sister, with whom I always shared a double bed, had that effortless superiority of someone six years older and anxious to show it. But we were each as shy as voles. It seemed safer to keep to each other's company. Geraldine McCaughrean

Age Book Sister Older Other Typed Out Brother Seemed Someone Superiority Adored Had Shared Himself Safer Always Bed Were Years Effortless Anxious Six Children Double Show Company Each Keep Whom Illustrated Shy

You need to be able to climb into a narrative and zip it up under your chin. You need to be able to see through the eyes of the hero, smell what he's smelling, hear what he's hearing. Geraldine McCaughrean

You Eyes Hero Smell See Able Through He Smelling Narrative Climb Hear Hearing Up Chin Your Zip Need

Most of my central characters lack confidence but overcome their timidity or low self-esteem to win through in the end, so I suppose there is a kind of wish-fulfillment at work. Geraldine McCaughrean

Work Confidence Win Overcome Characters Kind Through Suppose Most Self-Esteem End Timidity Lack In The End Central Low Low Self-Esteem

The one thing that makes writing a better pastime than reading is that you can make things turn out the way you want in the end! Geraldine McCaughrean

You Writing Better Reading Way Out One Thing Make Makes End Pastime Than The One Thing Want In The End Turn Thing Things

I like working in children's books because it gives rise to such a variety of jobs. One month it may be a picture book, the next a retelling, the next a play, a short story or the start of the next novel. Geraldine McCaughrean

Well, unfortunately, my father passed away before my first book was published, so he never lived to see me as an author. But I think my mum was suitably pleased because she was mad about words. If she ever came across a word that she didn't know, she would always look it up in the dictionary. Geraldine McCaughrean

Me Book Words Word Father First Before Think Pleased Mad Would See About Never He Know Look She Well Because Always Passed Came Up Author Dictionary Unfortunately Across Lived Mum Away Ever Published

I simply don't understand authors that know everything before they write it; it seems so cold blooded. I think it's lovely when the story takes over and goes somewhere else. Geraldine McCaughrean

Somewhere Before Think Cold Else Everything Seems Somewhere Else Write Simply Takes Over Know Understand Goes Authors Story Lovely

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