Author: Geraldine McCaughrean

Quotes

It isn't that I don't tackle issues; it's just that they're secondary to giving somebody an escape route from the banal routine of everyday life.

It isn't that I don't tackle issues; it's just that they're secondary to giving somebody an escape route from the banal routine of everyday life.

- Geraldine McCaughrean

Most of my central characters lack confidence but overcome their timidity or low self-esteem to win through in the end, so I suppose there is a kind of wish-fulfillment at work.

Most of my central characters lack confidence but overcome their timidity or low self-esteem to win through in the end, so I suppose there is a kind of wish-fulfillment at work.

- Geraldine McCaughrean

Never apologise for not being someone else. You're bound to find something you're good at, even if it's only writing stories.

Never apologise for not being someone else. You're bound to find something you're good at, even if it's only writing stories.

- Geraldine McCaughrean

I had a very happy childhood, but I still used my imagination as a leisure resort.

I had a very happy childhood, but I still used my imagination as a leisure resort.

- Geraldine McCaughrean

I started writing because I found I could spend more time in my own imagination by doing that than I could by reading.

I started writing because I found I could spend more time in my own imagination by doing that than I could by reading.

- Geraldine McCaughrean

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