When something works for you, all you can do is cross your fingers and hope that it will work for someone else.

- Rebecca Stead

The writing process is not just putting down one page after another-it's a lot of writing and then rewriting, restructuring the story, changing the w…

- Rebecca Stead

Mom. She always says to look at the big picture. How all of the little things don't matter in the long run. . . I know that Mom is right about the bi…

- Rebecca Stead

Einstein says common sense is just habit of thought. It's how we're used to thinking about things, but a lot of the time it just gets in the way.

- Rebecca Stead

Life is really just a bunch of nows, one after the other.

- Rebecca Stead

Pajamas are good for the soul.

- Rebecca Stead

But every person has to learn to accept what has happened in the past. Without bitterness. Or there is no point in continuing with life.

- Rebecca Stead

I don't know. I just feel stuck, like I'm afraid to take any steps, in case they're the wrong ones.

- Rebecca Stead

Boredom is what happens to people who have no control over their minds.

- Rebecca Stead