Betsy Byars, on writing:

Writing is like anything – baseball playing, piano playing, sewing, hammering nails.

The more you work on it, the better you get.

But it seems to take a longer time to get better at writing than hammering nails.

- Betsy Byars.

Betsy Byars, on writing:

When I type a title page,

I hold it and I look at it and I think,

I just need four thousand sentences to go with this and I’ll have a book.

- Betsy Byars.

Betsy Byars, on reading and writing:

For me, reading books and writing them are tied together.

The words of other writers teach me and refresh me and inspire me.

- Betsy Byars.