E. L. Konigsburg
E. L. Konigsburg
Elaine Lobl Konigsburgwas an American writer and illustrator of children's books and young adult fiction. She is one of six writers to win two Newbery Medals, the venerable American Library Association award for the year's "most distinguished contribution to American children's literature."...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth10 February 1930
CountryUnited States of America
school character persons
There were times in school when a person had to do things fast, cheap, and without character.
school apples eating
Going to school- picking an apple Getting an education- eating it
writing school bridges
When I visit schools and talk to students about writing, I give them one word of advice and I give it to them quickly and loudly-FINISH! Starting something is easier than finishing it. You must have discipline to go from a few sentences, to a few paragraphs, to a piece of writing that has a beginning, a middle, and an end. Finishing something bridges the difference between someone who has talent and one who does not. My best advice? Apply the seat of your pants to the seat of your chair-and finish. FINISH!
anyone came family guidance high knew living mill school small teacher town
I was the first one in my family to go away to college. I came from a small town where there was no guidance in the high school at all. It was a mill town, and I never knew anyone who made their living from the arts. When you did go away to college, you went away to be something - an engineer, or a teacher, or a chemist.
born except family graduated grew half high lived moved school towns year york
I was born in New York City. But my family moved when I was still an infant. Except for a year and half when we lived in Youngstown, Ohio, I grew up in small towns in Pennsylvania. I graduated from high school in Farrell, Pennsylvania.
became carnegie children college graduate laboratory private school science taught three university until waited worked
When I was in college at Carnegie Mellon, I wanted to be a chemist. So I became one. I worked in a laboratory and went to graduate school at the University of Pittsburgh. Then I taught science at a private girls' school. I had three children and waited until all three were in school before I started writing.
nice safe
There's something nice and safe about having money.
hurt believe civilization
I believe in courtesy. It is the way we avoid hurting people's feelings. She thought that maybe, just maybe, western civilization was in decline because people did not take time to take tea at four o'clock.
fifteen planning minutes
Five minutes of planning are worth fifteen minutes of just looking.
eye soul want
The eyes are the windows of the soul.... If someone was to look into your eyes, what would you want them to see?
color broken add
They are saying that if life has a structure, a staff, a sensible scaffold, we hang our nonsense on it. And they are saying that broken parts add color and music to the staff of life.
want waste doe
Every now and then, a person must do something simply because he wants to, because it seems to him worth doing. And that does not make it worthless or a waste of time.
writing differences discipline
Finish. The difference between being a writer and being a person of talent is the discipline it takes to apply the seat of your pants to the seat of your chair and finish. Don't talk about doing it. Do it. Finish.
thinking bridges space
Silence does for thinking what a suspension bridge does for space -- it makes connections.