Eric Walters Quotes & Sayings

Fun isn't what it used to be. — Eric Walters

My whole background as a social worker has allowed me to understand human behavior in difficult situations. Working in Kenya, I see the most desperate situations - things I could never believe possible - and then have to try to find solutions. — Eric Walters

How strange to think there was something worse than death. — Eric Walters

At his heart, Shakespeare was a YA author. So many of his plays are set with high school-aged characters. He understood the passion, the confusion and drama that marks that life stage. — Eric Walters

I wrote my first 30 books as a teacher. I would read to my classes, and they'd give me feedback. I was trying to role model. — Eric Walters

The problem with liars is they don't believe anyone is capable of telling the truth. — Eric Walters

The first time my father woke me up in the middle of the night to tell me he was going to die, I think I was eight. He brought out all his papers and explained to me what to do with his body and who to call and how to take care of things. You either learn how to survive, or you fall to pieces. I'm pretty good at surviving. — Eric Walters

No matter where you go, no matter how far you run, you can't run away from yourself. — Eric Walters

Every Journey, no matter how far, starts with one step — Eric Walters

It doesn't matter what you have if you can't protect it. — Eric Walters

I've always found it's easier to be ignorant. — Eric Walters

Not an easy story but an important one. Compelling, powerful and engaging. — Eric Walters

I always have a rough outline, but I'm shocked at how little I actually follow it. Those characters keep doing things that I never expected. I think if I crept up to my keyboard and peeked, they'd be talking about things behind my back. Okay, that's a little paranoid and delusional ... but just a little. — Eric Walters

Rejection is the natural course of things. — Eric Walters

I'm a big believer in bibliotherapy. Books have the power to change lives: what we think and what we do. — Eric Walters

Nobody is asking you to forget," I said. "I'm asking you to remember those that you saved and to honour those you couldn't save. Giving up your life honours nobody, saves nobody. By living like this you're saying that life isn't precious. It is precious. Every life...including yours. Don't let Rwanda - don't let evil - claim one more victim. Don't let yourself be another casualty of Rwanda. — Eric Walters

I don't chase publishers. Publishers chase me. — Eric Walters

My family claims I think I'm always right, although I'm always willing to be proven wrong. I hold my opinions dearly, but you can always try to convince me differently, and if you do, I will hold that opinion dearly. I am decidedly stubborn and have been described as not having a type-A personality, but a quadruple-A personality. — Eric Walters

You'll have to be grateful for what we can do instead of angry about what we can't. — Eric Walters

Change is as good as a rest. It keeps me fresh. — Eric Walters

strangers were just people he hadn't become friends with yet. — Eric Walters