Sharon Creech Quotes

When something is heartwarming and triumphant, and not corny or preachy, it's such a powerful thing.

Please may this not be a game. Please may this not be a game. Because if it’s a game, I know I’m going to lose.

When I write from the point of view of a child or a young person, I am trying to tell the truth as an adult voice sometimes cannot. We are so often wrapped in the garment of trying to reassure ourselves that we are not afraid.

A surprising amount of my jokes sound very implausible but are true.

Truly, love is delightful and pleasant food, supplying, as it does, rest to the weary, strength to the weak, and joy to the sorrowful. It in fact renders the yoke of truth easy and its burden light.

The most valuable thing I can share is the importance of living in truth. Sometimes, facing those truths can actually be your worst fear.

This is not a sham, not a game. This is the real stuff.

The fear factor actually brings the genuineness.

All the things that were read to me by my father were stories about things becoming all right.

I don't know what he meant by 'they're after me.' And then I said, 'You know, Bobby, I'm here for you. If you need any help, give me a call.' And then he did call me about a week later, and wanted to know if I had a good attorney.

I want to touch people with the music and help them through whatever they're going through. That's what music's there for - making people happy.

Music really helps me. It's like a best friend.

Good news doesn't necessarily have to be a positive thing. Bringing good news is imparting hope to one's fellow man.

I made the choice long ago to write about real life. And life is both serious and funny.

People are always afraid of the truth.

Hearing that people read my books when they were sick, or that the books helped them find an escape when they were having a hard time... stuff like that makes all the hard work pay off.

My job is not to frighten children, but sometimes addressing fears and concerns within the safe boundaries of a picture book can fill me with an awesome responsibility to be as truthful and transparent as possible.

I want to be able to speak to some real things.

Very honestly, I don't feel 'Munnabhai' is a comedy film. I seriously feel it is a very emotional film.

I feel like it's my responsibility not to leave the listener in a pool of dread.

Music is what makes you feel joyful and makes me feel like I'm not alone. It's everything.

Hopepunk is a spirit or a mood. It isn't an actual thing. It is a feeling. It is the Scandinavian concept of 'hygge' or 'coziness' of the mind. It is a warm, happy, charming, uplifting concept that leaves you with a fuzzy feeling in your tummy.

I just want to be around people who bring energy, and when you walk away, you feel good about yourself and good about them.

I'm totally not kidding. Life is too short. This is all too hard to do to actually be kidding about the whole thing.

Dreams are reality at its most profound, and what you invent is truth because invention, by its nature, can't be a lie.