Cynthia Voigt
Cynthia Voigt
Cynthia Voigtis an American writer of books for young adults dealing with various topics such as adventure, mystery, racism and child abuse. Her first book in the Tillerman family series, Homecoming, was nominated for several international prizes and adapted as a 1996 film. Her novel Dicey's Song won the 1983 Newbery Medal...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth25 February 1942
CountryUnited States of America
begins characters list sit stew
My writing process often begins with a question. I write down ideas and let them stew for about a year. Then, when I sit down to write, I make a list of characters and try to see how they fit.
character development rebellion
Rebellion is necessary for development of character.
maps forests empty
...When this map was made, there was only empty forest in the south," Gran told Birle."Not empty," Granda corrected her. "The forest is never empty.
worry bed hiding
Hiding under the bed doesn't make the worry stop.
thinking hands people
I got to thinking—when it was too late—you have to reach out to people. To your family, too. You can't just let them sit there, you should put your hand out. If they slap it back, well you reach out again if you care enough. If you don't care enough, you forget about them, if you can.
who-i-am feelings knows
I have the feeling that I know who I am, only I'm not anymore.
skins get-away
She couldn’t get any farther away inside from her skin. She couldn’t get away.
littles what-is-life respectable
You must not let yourself become too respectable. Keep yourself a little wild. What is life for, if not for the living of it?
fun people littles
But I'll tell you something else, too. Something I've learned, the hard way. I guess"—Gram laughed a little—"I'm the kind of person who has to learn things the hard way. You've got to hold on. Hold on to people. They can get away from you. It's not always going to be fun, but if you don't—hold on—then you lose them.
life lasts chance
You could say that all of life is a series of last chances.
life blow wind
Maybe life was like a sea, and all the people were like boats ... Everybody who was born was cast into the sea. Winds would blow them in all directions. Tides would rise and turn, in their own rhythm. And the boats - they just went along as best they could, trying to find a harbor.
new-york school college
By the time I started high school, I knew I wanted to be a writer. After graduating from Smith College in Massachusetts, I moved to New York City and worked for the advertising agency J. Walter Thompson.
kids adults forget
Kids are really tougher than adults, but we tend to forget this in an affluent society that lets kids indulge themselves.
college arrogant scholar
I was no scholar in college, and was arrogant about what I thought.