Jerry Spinelli Book Quotes & Sayings

I was very naive, and I thought it was just a matter of writing my first book and sending it in, and for the rest of my life I would be writing books and collecting royalties. Nobody told me how hard it was going to be to get published. — Jerry Spinelli

If you learn to hate one or two persons ... you'll soon hate millions of people. — Jerry Spinelli

Usually it takes me about nine to 12 months to write a book. — Jerry Spinelli

Amanda took the torn page from Maniac. To her, it was the broken wing of a bird, a pet out in the rain. — Jerry Spinelli

In the book i'm reading (The Principal) the main chareter best friend has to go to a differnt school. I can picture them waiting at the bus stop together crying. — Jerry Spinelli

I love surprises! That's what is great about reading. When you open a book, you never know what you'll find. — Jerry Spinelli

I'm remembering one book that I wrote, 'Fourth Grade Rats,' that took a month to write, but most of them, full-length novels, I would say about a year. — Jerry Spinelli