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I loved fairy tales as a kid, so that's where my mind gravitates.

As a child, I loved fairy tales because the story, the what-comes-next, is paramount. As an adult, I'm fascinated by their logic and illogic.

Gail Carson Levine

Get to know your kids' minds and how they think.

Gail Carson Levine

I loved fairy tales as a kid, so that's where my mind gravitates.

Gail Carson Levine

I make mistakes on a very grand scale.

Gail Carson Levine

It feels presumptuous to think of writing for adults.

Gail Carson Levine

Contemporary fiction is the hardest for me because I am not really in the popular culture - I don't watch TV.

Gail Carson Levine

I have a very vivid memory of the way my parents spoke, and the 50's that I grew up in are closer to the 20's, I think, than today in many, many ways.

Gail Carson Levine

Most of the authors I liked were dead, so it didn't seem like a safe occupation.

Gail Carson Levine

I didn't want to be a writer. First I wanted to act, and then I wanted to be a painter like my big sister.

Gail Carson Levine

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

Sometimes the kids come up with better endings than the real story.

Gail Carson Levine

Ideas sometimes come from nowhere, and sometimes they take lots of thinking.

Gail Carson Levine

I found that I was much more interested in writing and that I didn't like the illustrating at all. I had always been the hardest on myself when I drew and painted. I am not hard on myself when I write. I like what I write, so it is a much happier process.

Gail Carson Levine