To me, family is everything. I want children to realize how important their families are and what a support system a family is.

- Patricia Reilly Giff

Many times in my life I've been upset about something and said to myself, "Will this matter in two years?" Not even in two months.

- Patricia Reilly Giff

I'm still writing in my old age. And still loving it. It fills my days. Writing is my salvation. I just get up in the morning, and I'm in this world …

- Patricia Reilly Giff

Anyone who has problems, or worries, anyone who laughs and cries, anyone who feels can write. It's only talking on paper... talking about the things …

- Patricia Reilly Giff

Revision is the heart of writing. Every page I do is done over seven or eight times.

- Patricia Reilly Giff

I want to see children curled up with books, finding an awareness of themselves as they discover other people's thoughts. I want them to make the con…

- Patricia Reilly Giff

Drawing is what you see of the world, truly see...And sometimes what you see is so deep in your head you're not even sure of what you're seeing. But …

- Patricia Reilly Giff

I myself was terrified during the Second World War. The war started when I was six, and I was so sure that we were going to be bombed and killed. My …

- Patricia Reilly Giff

If you have a friend, things are better than if you didn't have a friend.

- Patricia Reilly Giff