Mitali Perkins Quotes & Sayings

It's a lovely adaptation that honors Lois Lowry's vision and authority ... the film ... illuminates and explores the beauty, danger and pain of our free, creative lives. Plenty to talk about in families and other communities. Go see it. — Mitali Perkins

rule number eight: noting ventured, nothing gained — Mitali Perkins

If you have a chance to see Children Of War, you can watch expert trauma counselors try to help bring healing to young people who have experienced atrocities in conflict. — Mitali Perkins

Keep reading and writing, learn how to revise, and push through rejections. My second book, Monsoon Summer, was rejected over 20 times and finally came out 11 years after my first book! I'm glad I didn't give up. Neither should you. — Mitali Perkins

what counted was helping her father achieve his dream-and finding interesting stuff to put in her blog. — Mitali Perkins

There weren't too many books featuring other cultures and countries when I was growing up as an immigrant kid here in the States. — Mitali Perkins

Good humor pokes fun at the powerful - not the weak. — Mitali Perkins

I learned to read when I was three, so I skipped right over picture books and didn't learn to appreciate art in books until much later. — Mitali Perkins

American and Vietnamese characters alike leap to life through the voice and eyes of a tenyearold girl-a protagonist so strong, loving, and vivid I longed to hand her a wedge of freshly cut papaya. — Mitali Perkins