Author: Rodman Philbrick

Quotes

As a writer, I'm convinced that encouraging children to write fiction, to hook into that marvelous machine called the imagination, has to be good for everyone.

As a writer, I'm convinced that encouraging children to write fiction, to hook into that marvelous machine called the imagination, has to be good for everyone.

- Rodman Philbrick

I started writing stories in sixth grade. But writing wasn't cool, like being good at sports, or being part of the in crowd, or winning fights on the playground.

I started writing stories in sixth grade. But writing wasn't cool, like being good at sports, or being part of the in crowd, or winning fights on the playground.

- Rodman Philbrick

As a kid, books were my great escape and my salvation.

As a kid, books were my great escape and my salvation.

- Rodman Philbrick

My parents were avid readers. Both had ambitions to write that had been abandoned early in life in order to get on with life.

My parents were avid readers. Both had ambitions to write that had been abandoned early in life in order to get on with life.

- Rodman Philbrick

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