Patricia Reilly Giff quote: "When I sit and talk with a person, I'm not always paying attention. I'm looking at the person and saying, 'What is it about his or her life that appeals to me?'"

I have no special talent, you know. I never took a writing course before I began to write.
PATRICIA REILLY GIFF

Outside of family, writing is essential. To me, it's like breathing.
PATRICIA REILLY GIFF

All of my books are based in some way on my personal experiences, or the experiences of members of m...
PATRICIA REILLY GIFF

Sometimes when I visit schools, kids will interview me for the school newspaper. They ask me questio...
PATRICIA REILLY GIFF

I loved teaching. It was my world. I only left because I was overwhelmed with three careers - teachi...
PATRICIA REILLY GIFF

The reasons kids get into trouble in one way or another is because - Who ever told them they were sp...
PATRICIA REILLY GIFF

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

I cannot outline. I do not know what the next thing is going to happen in the book until it comes ou...
PATRICIA REILLY GIFF

Anyone who has problems, or worries, anyone who laughs and cries, anyone who feels can write. It'...
PATRICIA REILLY GIFF

I want to see children curled up with books, finding an awareness of themselves as they discover oth...
PATRICIA REILLY GIFF

Do you all have a living room floor or a bedroom floor? Then you can write a book.
PATRICIA REILLY GIFF

Everything in my life affects my writing. There are no separate parts of my life.
PATRICIA REILLY GIFF

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

What inspired me to become an author? I think it was the snow in New York. I looked out the window a...
PATRICIA REILLY GIFF

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

These are lines from my asteroid-impact novel, Regolith:
Just because there are no laws against...
BRENT REILLY

Golf is the cruelest game, because eventually it will drag you out in front of the whole school, tak...
RICK REILLY

I wasn't one of those kids who dreamed of writing novels when I was 8 or 12. I wanted to be a fi...
MATTHEW REILLY

I write about all manner of things: a guy fighting aliens in the New York State Library, Antarctica,...
MATTHEW REILLY

Billy went off at the start, and by the time I got it, we weren't faring too well. When Garrett got ...
BRIAN REILLY

In the previous few days we'd practiced the way we thought we would be doing it. But we just had to ...
BRIAN REILLY

It was an odd feeling. The first few days it didn't sink in that we really did it.
BRIAN REILLY

He's been through it. He just says to stay patient.
BRIAN REILLY

There is better confidence in Asia. Corporate profitability is improving, unemployment is falling, w...
CHRIS REILLY

This is one of those shows that sizzled from pitch to script to finished pilot. Michael Dinner direc...
KEVIN REILLY

Japan hasn't seen much recovery in housing. But inflationary pressures in Japan could be very positi...
CHRIS REILLY

I'm not a show-off; I'm not an exhibitionist.
KELLY REILLY

Pirated broadcasts are a lousy way to listen to Howard. The best way is through a Sirius subscriptio...
PATRICK REILLY

Just one horror story after another,
JOHN REILLY

He would never miss a memorial service. He made it a point to be absolutely certain that they would ...
BARBARA REILLY

His children, his grandchildren were the light of his life.
BARBARA REILLY

Men coming out of the high school system know they will be taken care of by the bounty of the state....
BEN REILLY

A tribe of foreigners is educating the kids, building the buildings, running the businesses. There i...
BEN REILLY

I'm done for the season. I can't walk for four days and I'm on crutches.
KELLY REILLY

I'm very heartened by the fact that there has not been this pouncing, coming in with a dull knife to...
KEVIN REILLY

The best place to be is where you're desperate enough to take chances. That's why I took the job (in...
KEVIN REILLY

As a competitor, you want to be on the field when the game is on the line. So no, it wasn't fun from...
MIKE REILLY

The best way to listen to Howard Stern is not on pirated radio and not off illegal Web sites, but to...
PATRICK REILLY

Andrew has an above average curve, a good change-up and he keeps his fast ball low so they don't hit...
CHRIS REILLY

She looked confused. She looked off-balance. That’s a technique I employ to get dates, and it alwa...
GARY REILLY

When I was a teenager, most fathers tended to go berserk when I asked their daughters on a date.... ...
GARY REILLY

In 'Seven Ancient Wonders,' Jack West and his team break someone out of Guantanamo Bay. I...
MATTHEW REILLY

Our motto is 'team first' and every single guy has seemed to buy into that. This has been a really f...
LUKE REILLY

The results confirmed that there is a better operating environment. There is not a lot of available ...
CHRIS REILLY

I think serials are particularly tough on Friday. And that is one lesson I've learned.
KEVIN REILLY

If I have to describe him, I would describe him as John Wayne. He was a strong person; he would just...
BARBARA REILLY

To offer something to a citizen or homeowners in one state and not offer to citizens in another stat...
SEAN REILLY

I write the story that nobody reads. Someday, I'm going to write it in German to see if anyone notic...
RICK REILLY

Joe Kay isn't half as quick of feet or brain as the old one,
RICK REILLY

One time after one of these long trips, my wife and I had been separated for a long time and I calle...
RICK REILLY

I mean, c'mon, ... Yeah, 'It's a sport. Let's kill a rabbit.' Let's not call that a sport. I actuall...
RICK REILLY

The housing stock got whacked.
SEAN REILLY

Whenever you're playing outdoors, you deal with the vagaries of weather. . . . They took it in strid...
BOB REILLY

Then we got the call (that the concert was canceled).
BOB REILLY

So we're going to get into March, see how the schedule settles in, and then we'll reassess as to whe...
KEVIN REILLY

Genre (shows) are tricky, but when it hits, it can hit huge. Part of my plan coming in the door was,...
KEVIN REILLY

I swallowed. Be strong, Valentina. The wish of a dead man is sacred. Don’t break your promise.
CORA REILLY

Like most baked goods, soda bread doesn't keep for long. If properly cooled, wrapped well in plastic...
JOHN REILLY

This acquisition will allow us to offer our customers services for every stage of the graphic arts p...
JOHN REILLY

I have just purchased a '06 Cadillac
JOHN REILLY

The neighborhood was fortunate to get the kind of internal leadership that it developed. [There was]...
JOHN REILLY

we feel the dirt on it could be somebody's ashes.
JOHN REILLY

His condition was quite serious when brought down to the hospital,
JOHN REILLY

Hedge funds can be volatile and risky and we want to be sure to offer it to the right clientele. It'...
JOHN REILLY

It's an inexpensive way to start out a fund. It's a place to try new concepts.
JOHN REILLY

It's been modeled -- every dollar ties back to a damaged house.
SEAN REILLY

There are people in many other states who are cheering us.
BILL REILLY

[Creator] Greg Garcia and the producers are doing a great job creatively, and Jason Lee's Earl is a ...
KEVIN REILLY

Look, we knew there was going to be a fallout because advertisers take a cautious approach to risky ...
KEVIN REILLY

I feared it might be slipping away as Dundee tried to exert a stranglehold with their quality set-pi...
JAMES REILLY

There is 'no negotiating partner' only if Israel is determined to annex or retain indefinite control...
JAMES REILLY

We can sit there and the professors say that we have a voice, but they don't have to listen to us, t...
JAMES REILLY

They fed us country ham, red eye gravy, biscuits, it was wonderful.
JAMES REILLY

When he died he had the body of an 84-year-old man, but a spirit of an 11- or 12-year-old boy.
JAMES REILLY

There were no secret deals.
JAMES REILLY

Wow, look at that,
JAMES REILLY

This is not going to be an easy year,
JAMES REILLY

Basically, it will be America stepping backwards out of space.
JAMES REILLY

That doesn't mean that you might not get beaned with the odd peanut or carrot every now and then.
JIM REILLY

We don't condone the stealing of Howard's show, or any of the content on our more than 125 channels....
PATRICK REILLY

We were afraid of the roof coming off the stage. When we hit the stage, we still had wind, and sand ...
BOB REILLY

There's an element of exploration. You are always looking over the hill [to] what's next.
JAMES REILLY

For me, the main thing about Andy is that he's got that great combination of everyman with a subvers...
KEVIN REILLY

It's satisfying that a permanent memorial is here, that signifies the loneliness of the place. It's ...
JOHN REILLY

We came out of last year believing in our charismatic lead and seeing real evidence that an audience...
KEVIN REILLY

Some people eat it three meals a day, almost to the point of boredom for me. I think it's because it...
JIM REILLY

. . . Despite a combined 16 years in the New Jersey State Legislature, Assemblymen Kean and Corodemu...
JIM REILLY

My first book, 'Contest,' had a guy fighting aliens in the New York Public Library. The seco...
MATTHEW REILLY

We were always one step behind them because they're nomads.
WALT REILLY

There is a draft out there that has been agreed upon verbally.
STEPHEN REILLY

NBC is stable and our vital signs are encouraging. Most predictions were that we were going to go fr...
KEVIN REILLY

They look like they had a wonderful time at Circuit City. They spent $700 there.
RICK REILLY

I'm happy because I'm not in Detroit. I never have to live in Detroit.
RICK REILLY

And here he was, a junior walk-on place-kicker whose sore leg had kept him out of practice for three...
RICK REILLY

And you know who lets them get away with lying? ... Baseball writers. Hardly any Hall of Fame voters...
RICK REILLY

It works. He's snoozing now.
DEBBY REILLY

It's a nice mixture of songs. My dog, Miyagi, seems comforted by it. It's like leaving the TV on for...
DEBBY REILLY

This is novel. I've never heard of anything like it, just for pets. I just stumbled upon it by accid...
DEBBY REILLY

He can be a hyper little dog sometimes, but it works. Sometimes I put it on while I'm home, because ...
DEBBY REILLY

It should be a very good final.
DENNIS REILLY

We did a better job controlling the ball than we have in some of our losses, and when we win the tur...
DENNIS REILLY

When Lucas hit the 3 to send the game to overtime, we had a little momentum, but we also knew we had...
DENNIS REILLY

They actually care about the job they do.
EMILY REILLY

It's the right thing to do, especially for people who have to work more than one job. Sometimes they...
EMILY REILLY

I really welcome the new challenge as a business owner. I'll sit down with my senior management to l...
EMILY REILLY

The laws in existence at the time these events occurred do not permit us to initiate criminal charge...
TOM REILLY

Sometimes you had to make the animals perform.
MATTHEW REILLY

Auditioning is a horrible experience because you know you are being absolutely scrutinized and judge...
KELLY REILLY

Maybe I'm just getting old, but I remember when your average NFL player would come to the sideli...
RICK REILLY

Fantasy enabled me to break the shackles and create a whole new level of 'the world is in danger...
MATTHEW REILLY

I always thought Tinker bell was really cool. I'd like to be able to shrink down to a really sma...
GEORGINA REILLY

We had not heard that there would be an issue and now that the day has arrived that is in fact a rea...
DAVID REILLY

We'll notify them again when there's a definite date.
DAVID REILLY

The volume does not pay for the service.
DAVID REILLY

We learned about it that weekend, he was suspended that Monday and he's remained off the job since t...
DAVID REILLY

He will remain off the job.
DAVID REILLY

Our population base that's over 65 is almost double the state average. Obviously, we are particularl...
DAVID REILLY

There are medical people chomping at the bit to help out.
DAVID REILLY

We may be in a period you might not get your 10% a year.
DAVID REILLY

He's in good spirits, considering everything he's been through.
DAVID REILLY

Your sister is a fucking nuisance,” Luca muttered in my ear.
CORA REILLY

Companies need to start doing mock proxy statements and see how their plans will read under the prop...
MARK REILLY

Jeremy is starting to gain a lot more control in his game to mix and match with his power game. As a...
MARK REILLY

When they come out at the start of the game shooting the ball the way they did, that's not the order...
LUKE REILLY

We gutted it out, handled pressure and made free throws at the end. We've got guys with a lot of cha...
LUKE REILLY

There's two teams left playing and we're one of them. That's been our goal all season and it feels f...
LUKE REILLY

We have a really special group. We have some great senior leadership and guys with experience. There...
LUKE REILLY

Ortiz played like a senior leader and we had some great contributions off the bench. It was two grea...
LUKE REILLY

The big guy in the middle stepped it up.
LUKE REILLY

Northwest is the measuring stick in our league and no one does it better than them. It was a great n...
LUKE REILLY

That definitely [ticked] me off. I was mad. It got me going.
KYLE REILLY

I knew I had to take better shots. I was wrestling real poorly the first time (I faced him) so I kne...
KYLE REILLY

I was riding him and he kind of faced me a little bit. He grabbed my leg and tried to roll over, but...
KYLE REILLY

Revenge is sweet. There's no way to describe it -- it's awesome.
KYLE REILLY

It looks as if an ancient group is gathered around a fire. There's an eclipse. It's rather mystical.
JOE REILLY

It's old-fashioned storytelling. The importance is that belief that spring is around the corner.
JOE REILLY

We are excited to have Bobby on board as Executive Producer, and expect his talent and years of expe...
JOE REILLY

The sidelines are out of control. We have two cameramen out there, and I'm hoping they'll at least l...
JOE REILLY

We'll have to show the same old tapes over and over instead of our own stuff. You lose all the flavo...
JOE REILLY

The single easiest and best thing most of us can do to prevent cancer or its recurrence is to eat ri...
JENNIFER REILLY

I think there's an over-obsession with monthly numbers. We've now had two years in a row with over 2...
PAUL REILLY

The advent of the Internet has allowed people like myself to take an active role. The online broker ...
PETER REILLY

When the settlement came to light, people decided it was absorbable and that the risk was manageable...
REILLY TIERNEY

They changed the language from 'closure' to 'realignment,' and the bottom line here is rather than b...
TOM REILLY

decades, and perhaps for generations.
TOM REILLY

I believe this train is already out of the station, and I believe us hopping on board is wise.
SEAN REILLY

A draft doesn't produce the people we need to satisfy our real manpower shortage. We need specia...
PATRICIA SCHROEDER

Clothes, thank God I can get them from designers.
PATRICIA VELASQUEZ

So struggling for work here has been very good for me, but it's also been very hard to handle re...
PATRICIA VELASQUEZ

You need a routine, to be able to spend some time with a person, and my lifestyle is constantly on t...
PATRICIA VELASQUEZ

I live in New York and I was only there for 2 weeks all last year.
PATRICIA VELASQUEZ

There was a time when I used to live in Spain that it went really crazy with drugs and stuff like th...
PATRICIA VELASQUEZ

OK, I've been very wild, but I've never really been the sort of person who goes that crazy!
PATRICIA VELASQUEZ

I enjoyed working as a model a lot as it let me travel and I got to do some really interesting proje...
PATRICIA VELASQUEZ

I think if I could have a boyfriend like my brothers I'd be really happy. But without the brothe...
PATRICIA VELASQUEZ

I used to be a dancer, and for me it was a really good combination of dance and acting.
PATRICIA VELASQUEZ

It takes one person to give you a big chance.
PATRICIA VELASQUEZ

If I need something, even a pair of socks, my assistant has to get them for me.
PATRICIA VELASQUEZ

Every time you play a bad girl or guy in a movie, you really come from a place of pain.
PATRICIA VELASQUEZ

If there is one creature that represents my essence, it's butterflies.
PATRICIA VELASQUEZ

Always work hard, be honest, and be proud of who you are.
PATRICIA VELASQUEZ

I have no doubt I was someone very interesting in a past life.
PATRICIA VELASQUEZ

Thank God I had all these family values or who knows where I'd be now.
PATRICIA VELASQUEZ

You can't take sides when you know the earth is round.
PATRICIA SUN

There is only one thing keeping us from having heaven on earth: we can't believe it! Why? Becaus...
PATRICIA SUN

Nothing will ensure war more certainly or entrench rivalries more seriously than for or against thin...
PATRICIA SUN

We mostly feel fearful because we feel powerless. We feel powerless, I contend, because of a style o...
PATRICIA SUN

We have magnificent brains, but we use a great deal of our brilliance to keep ourselves stuck and ig...
PATRICIA SUN

When we don't have information, we go to the simplest outlook, to black and white. But then we h...
PATRICIA SUN

The discoveries of how we can grow and the insights we need to have really come from the inside out....
PATRICIA SUN

I could not find any way that we could really run the kind of campaign I wanted to run if we were ta...
PATRICIA SCHROEDER

I learned a lot about America and a lot about Pat Schroeder, and that's why I will not be a cand...
PATRICIA SCHROEDER

Registration is a World War II response, and we need a 1980 solution.
PATRICIA SCHROEDER

It's outrageous that many enlisted people qualify for food stamps because military salaries are ...
PATRICIA SCHROEDER

The Navy runs their process. The House of Representatives doesn't do anything about their proces...
PATRICIA SCHROEDER

One of the problems in the Navy is that tradition of being captain of the ship. And an awful lot of ...
PATRICIA SCHROEDER

When people ask me why I am running as a woman, I always answer, 'What choice do I have?'
PATRICIA SCHROEDER

Spine transplants are what we really need to take Reagan on.
PATRICIA SCHROEDER

You measure a government by how few people need help.
PATRICIA SCHROEDER

The mood of the 80s - Get what you can, can what you get, and sit on the can.
PATRICIA SCHROEDER

If the search engines don't respect the creators, there won't be anything to search in the f...
PATRICIA SCHROEDER

Nobody ever says to men, how can you be a Congressman and a father.
PATRICIA SCHROEDER

The only study that the federal government has engaged in with a vengeance is in trying to see if th...
PATRICIA SCHROEDER

When men talk about defense, they always claim to be protecting women and children, but they never a...
PATRICIA SCHROEDER

I have a brain and a uterus and I use both.
PATRICIA SCHROEDER

My entire history with the Navy have been trying to get the Navy to focus on families and child care...
PATRICIA SCHROEDER

Lobbying is a legitimate profession... Many congressional spouses act as lobbyists.
PATRICIA SCHROEDER

The Pledge of Allegiance says, 'liberty and justice for all'.
PATRICIA SCHROEDER

We're going through the Olympics. We're watching women working as teams. We're watching ...
PATRICIA SCHROEDER

Traditional copyright has been that you can't make a full copy of somebody's work without th...
PATRICIA SCHROEDER

Many women have more power than they recognize, and they're very hesitant to use it, for they fe...
PATRICIA SCHROEDER

I love the Kathryn Bigelow example: she didn't just do war movies - she did them better than oth...
PATRICIA RIGGEN

Every single line, every single thing has to be fought over. There's kind of like an intrinsic d...
PATRICIA RIGGEN

I am grateful that I'm working, but I also have to say I've worked really, really hard and h...
PATRICIA RIGGEN

I have worked steadily since I started, but things are very hard for women and need to change.
PATRICIA RIGGEN

The problem of working in a mine, you are inside the belly of the monster, and it controls you. The ...
PATRICIA RIGGEN

There are a lot of female directors in documentary, very talented. But it's always lower budget.
PATRICIA RIGGEN

The idea that women compete or don't like each other or undermine each other or sabotage each ot...
PATRICIA RIGGEN

I have a handicap in that English is not my first language. So even though I'm a writer, I don&#...
PATRICIA RIGGEN

Directors only have instinct to work out of, because there is no formula. Formulas don't work. A...
PATRICIA RIGGEN

When I sit and talk with a person, I'm not always paying attention. I'm looking at the person and saying, 'What is it about his or her life that appeals to me?'

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When I sit and talk with a person, I'm not always paying attention. I'm looking at the person and saying, 'What is it about his or her life that appeals to me?'

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