Gary Paulsen
Gary Paulsen
Gary James Paulsen is an American writer of young adult literature, best known for coming of age stories about the wilderness. He is the author of more than 200 books, more than 200 magazine articles and short stories, and several plays, all primarily for teenagers. He won the Margaret Edwards Award from the American Library Association in 1997 for his lifetime contribution in writing for teens...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionYoung Adult Author
Date of Birth17 May 1939
CityMinneapolis, MN
CountryUnited States of America
Patience, he thought. So much of this was patience - waiting, and thinking and doing things right. So much of all this, so much of all living was patience and thinking.
I tried to contain myself... but I escaped!
It was as though I had been dying of thirst and the librarian had handed me a five gallon bucket of water. I drank and drank. The only reason I am here and not in prison is because of that woman. I was a loser, but she showed me the power of reading.
We make a mistake in thinking we own pets - the animals open their lives up and make us a part of them.
I read like a wolf eats. I read myself to sleep every night.
I spent uncounted hours sitting at the bow looking at the water and the sky, studying each wave, different from the last, seeing how it caught the light, the air, the wind; watching patterns, the sweep of it all, and letting it take me. The sea.
And the last thought he had that morning as he closed his eyes was: I hope the tornado hit the moose.
Adults are locked into car payments and divorces and work. They haven't got time to think fresh.
The person who reads can bail, but the person who doesn't fails.
Stories are like a river that flows - you dip a bucket in it
That's all it took to solve problems - just sense.
I sail, run dogs, ride horses, play professional poker and tell stories about the stuff I've been through. And I'm still a romantic; I still want Bambi to make it out of the fire.