Quotes from Rebecca Stead

A lot of my ideas for books come from newspaper articles. But I don't like to be actively looking for ideas.

Trying to forget really doesn't work. In fact, it's pretty much the same as remembering. But I tried to forget anyway, and to ignore the fact that I was remembering you all the time.

Probably because I really love this bookmaking and storytelling world, I'd been thinking for years about the possibility of becoming a literary agent.

From age nine, my friends and I were on the streets, walking home, going to each other's houses, going to the store. I really wanted to write about that: the independence that's a little bit scary but also a really positive thing in a lot of ways.

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

I try to write about internal experience versus the external self. I like to present ideas, but not package them neatly.